My brain is a scrambled tonight and I was hoping to sort some things out in this blog. This has been a very odd week. I had jury duty and was selected for a sexual abuse case on Monday --29 year old man, 13 year old girl. It was basically inappropriate touching and inappopriate dialog. Both charges relating the the fact she was a minor. The defendant didn't have any defense at all and the verdict was guilty. This trial left me feeling kind of sick. On Tuesday, we had to report again and I was selected yet again. This time for a murder trial. This trial lasted from Tuesday until today. It was basically about a divorce that wasn't final, a new boyfriend that she met after hubby filed for divorce and the death that was the result of a lot of jealous rage and game playing. Boyfriend shot and killed soon to be ex-husband.No one in the whole sordid situation was blameless, but at the end of the day, after going by the law, the defendant was proven "Not Guilty". Having never been on a criminal jury before, I didn't realize that there were such specific components in determining guilt or innocence. As you may imagine, there was a lot of emotion involved in this trial. The victim's family sat everyday and listened to the details of their loved ones' death complete with pictures. It was heartbreaking to see them going through all of it again. The defendant's mother sat and cried as she listened not knowing what would become of her son. I felt for both sides. There wasn't really a winner to this. Yes, the defendant was free because it was ruled self defense, but those children lost their father, parents lost a son and the defendant will have to live with this for the rest of his life. I had nightmares about the 911 recording last night. It's all about choices I guess. How far will you go in search of love? Would you put yourself in a kill or be killed situation? Why does the game player remain unpunished? After coming home after the verdict, I came home and turned on the tv in an attempt to decompress. All that was on was coverage of Michael Jackson's and Farrah Fawcett's death. Earlier this week it was the death of Ed McMahon. More death and no decompressing to be found. I got an unexpected dinner invitation from someone I just met and was eager for the diversion. I didn't have really high expectations as it was a first date. Then he emailed me and said if we hit it off, he might just stay over. I hardly know this guy and that was not happening. I was so disappointed. I guess I had just hoped for a little more. I wrote him back and explained nicely why that wouldn't work. So it appears I washed and blow dried my hair and put on makeup for no reason.  At least I'll look good while I'm sleeping!  Are there any working relationships out there? After seeing the relationship gone terribly wrong at court and the disrespectful assumption of my potential dinner date, I have to admit I don't know any more. On a positive note, I have to say that all of the jurors on this case really put in a effort when deciding this case. I was proud to be on the jury with them. So I guess there are some decent people still out there after all. 
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