Re: OT, courthouses, Re: dial-up connection with Powerbook G4

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hmmm.. This leads me to wonder, or muse. Of course that's OT, but > > Is the purpose of the jury to do their own work, or to serve the country by > hearing (and PAYING ATTENTION TO) the plaintiff, defendant, and His Honor? > Of course I can understand having ones

Re: OT, courthouses, Re: dial-up connection with Powerbook G4

The reason for not allowing stuff in the court room if you are seated as a juror is so that you have to rely ONLY on admitted testimony or evidence...you may hear something that is ordered "stricken" ie.not allowed to be considered in deliberations, and you may have it entered in the computer etc..

Re: OT, courthouses, Re: dial-up connection with Powerbook G4

>Is the purpose of the jury to do their own work, or to serve the country . . . I was thinking of the jury selection I face this month, not the trial. I've only gotten as far as jury selection in my experience so far, and it mostly involves sitting in a room doing nothing. All morning the lawye

Re: OT, courthouses, Re: dial-up connection with Powerbook G4

hmmm.. This leads me to wonder, or muse. Of course that's OT, but Is the purpose of the jury to do their own work, or to serve the country by hearing (and PAYING ATTENTION TO) the plaintiff, defendant, and His Honor? Of course I can understand having ones computer available for the obligato

OT, courthouses, Re: dial-up connection with Powerbook G4

> >I'm on Jury duty. The courthouse has desks for laptop users. . . Wow, you're lucky. I got called for jury duty in US district court in Connecticut and the information for jurors pamphlet says no pagers, cell phones, or laptops at all. :-( Anne -- G-Books is sponsored by