Well, it’s official

I’m done with jury duty.

Here are the final figures.

Guilty persons I helped convict: 0

Innocent persons I helped free: 0

Trials for which I was not picked: 1

Superior Court judges I wanted to speak to but never got the chance: 1

Former SR colleagues in my pool of prospective jurors: 1

Criminal defendants I saw in person: 1

Number of times I heard “Well, it’s highly irregular, but I’ll allow it”: 0

Courthouse employees with whom I was favorably impressed: Several

Spokane TV news people in my juror pool who now know I don’t think they’re ALL awful: 1

Days I actually had to serve: 1

Moments that closely resembled movie/TV courtroom dramas: 0

Column items or blog posts spun from my call to serve: 1, 367