I Just

returned home from jury duty; thank God I wasn't selected to serve on the trial.

It is a short trial, not expected to last more than a couple of days maximum.

This is the third time in about 30 years I have been in a jury pool. The first time was in Oregon, I believe for a burglary case, and of course I was dismissed following questioning.

The second time was in 1995, and it just so happened it was a major federal case, major enough even the NYT notes it. It was on the level of Darren Mack or Chaz Higgs. I wasn't on the jury pool for the Finkel case, but I was on the Collins case. It took two entire days for the jury selection to be done. I was questioned by the attorneys and judge, but I figured since I worked at the county law library at the time, I knew I wouldn't be selected.

I wasn't. As I recall it, Collins didn't even present a defense, and he was convicted and sentenced to what amounted his spending the rest of his life in prison though not technically "life imprisonment."

I found more about it here.