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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
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Subject: Re: Jury Duty
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 11:08:36 EDT
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>     1.)  The summons refered to serving as a PETIT jurist.  What is a PETIT
>          jurist (as opposed to any other kind)?

The other kind of a jury is a grand jury (really!).  A grand jury makes
preliminary investigations of accusations and decides whether to hand down
an indictment, which is necessary before a trial can be held.  A petit
jury is the one that sits in the trial and decides guilty or not guilty.

>     2.)  I'm a hardware engineer, will that have any bearing on whether I'm
>          actually selected to sit on a jury?

Yes, but it's hard to predict what bearing, except that you will almost
certainly not be chosen to sit on a case involving computers.

>     3.)  Someone told me to bring a good book to kill time, does anyone have
>          any other advice?

You will spend most of your time in a large room where you are not allowed
to leave and not allowed to do anything noisy.  In addition to your books,
I suggest bringing cards and some music source with headphones.