Leviathan, or What I Learned From Jury Duty

Last Monday I served on a jury for the first time. It was for a class C misdemeanor, driving with an expired inspection sticker. It's not the sort of thing that normally gets a trial, but in Texas in this situation you have the right to demand a trial by jury. That's what the defendant wanted, and it's what he got.

That's the only thing the defendant got. I, by contrast, enjoyed an interesting afternoon wherein I learned a few things.

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