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I served on a Federal jury two years ago. It was a really fascinating experience and even though it was five dependents and four counts each the whole thing was over in about three weeks.
Reading about this particular case had me remembering that during this trial all the jurors' names were quite openly mentioned in court. I'm used to Superior Court where I'm pretty sure they've switched to just using juror ID numbers. I don't think the defendents in this case were any danger to anyone but themselves, the charges involved conspiracy and extortion and the whole crime was the result of greed and stupidity.
After we gave the verdict (guilty) and were dismissed, the daughter of one of the defendents approached us and wanted to talk. A couple of jurors stuck around but I just wanted to go home. Then a month or two later I had a message on my answering machine from an investigator who apparently was working on the appeal for one of the defendents (the same one whose daughter had approached us) and wanted to talk to me. I got one other message from him but I never called him back.
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