Unfortunately for the city citizen, dreaming is not allowed in the courtroom. If you get called up to the front then you get to state personal information about your life in front of the entire courtroom. Then, if you satisfy the image requirements of both prosecution and defense attorneys, you are committed to a case for a minimum of ten days. Then you come back the next day and wait. If you need something to do to kill time waiting around the courthouse, try buying drugs from one of the many available street vendors.
Jury duty is the moment in time where all walks of life serve a mandatory sentence.
Regardless of your feelings for the city, afterwards you feel a part of this giant metropolis. Just make sure you have enough money for parking or you could end up looking at the courtroom from the defendant's perspective. Top of Page Front Page Current Issue etc. Copyright 1996-1999 City College of San Francisco. All rights reserved.