terrified of the law. How funny! I ran across this article while waiting (and waiting) here at jury duty. After reading all the posts I felt that I needed to put my 'two cents' in. I live in Columbus, Ohio. I began my 2 week jury service (that is the minium amount of time in Franklin County that you MUST serve) on Monday. I was 'called' for a trial on Tuesday afternoon. I was juror number 15, so the lawyers on both sides had to interview 12 other jurors before me. After 3 hours of non-stop questioning they released us for the day. Came back on Wednesday, 3 people were dismissed so then came my turn to get 'drilled'. They looked at my question and answer sheet and began firing off questions based upon that. They asked me what I did for a living and I told them that I do unemployment hearings. They asked me if I understood what 'burden of proof' meant/means and I told them, "yes I deal with it everyday." Anyway, after 15 mintues of them hammering away at me (I felt like I was the one on trial) both lawyers met with the judge and quickly dismissed me! What I find a shame is that our wonderful court system seems to not want anyone that has a half a brain and can think for themselves, they want little puppets that they can control and sway. Today is Thursday and I still haven't been called (not