All for nada...

Well that was just no fun...
totally a rip off!!
Like i said before, i was picked for jury duty.
The trial was supposed to be yesterday.
So i drive all the way there, park, and go up and make myself comfy on the nice, padded, swively chairs.
Well, we're sitting there and sitting there waiting for everything to start, and nothing.
After about 45min, a gentleman comes in and says we can have a 15min break to use the bathrooms and get a drink.
Then we come back...and sit some more!!
30 more min!
Then the same gentleman came back and gave us another 10min break.
I'm definately getting worried at this point.
But when we got back, the defense attorney brought back in a huge stack of paperwork.
"This is it!" i thought.
Then a whole bunch of witnesses for the prosecution came in, and the defendants girlfriend too.
"We are really having a trial!" I thought.
Then the judge comes in.
But wait...where is the prosecutor, and where is the defendant?
Yea...not coming.
The judge says "I regretfully have to tell you that your trial won't be happening after all, and you are all dismissed."
WHAT THE HELL!!
He told us that the main witness for the prosection is someone that is now in state prison.
He had given a written statement that named the defendant in the case and said everything, basically.
Well as of the night before the trial, the witness refused to testify.
The judge said he could allow the trial to go on, and then the defense could motion to dis-allow the written statement to be heard as evidence because they wouldn't have a chance to cross examine the witness, therefore making the written statement null and void.
Great!
So while we had been sitting all morning, they had hauled the prisoner all the way down to the courthouse and into the judges chambers, and they were trying to make him testify under oath.
He refused and refused, so they held him in contempt of court and now HE has to go on trial.
Someone definately got to him...definately.
So we were all dismissed.
And i feel very very ripped off!!
But on a brighter note, i DID get the chance to go shopping, and i got the girls their easter dresses, some cardigans to go over them, and a bunch of things to fill their easter baskets with.
So overall i guess it wasn't that bad of a day.
But i vow this...i will be a juror one day...and i will get to deliberate!!