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JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY EIGHT, PART TWO

Filed in General, New York City by on August 23, 2012 0 Comments

Click here to read JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY EIGHT, PART ONE It is decided that juror number one will be the foreman. Or forewoman, because she’s a girl. “I think its foreperson,” she declares. I don’t know much about her. She was rather quiet the last eight days, only perking up during our breaks when [...]

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JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY EIGHT, PART ONE

Filed in General, New York City by on August 22, 2012 2 Comments

Click here to read JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY SEVEN DAY EIGHT JURY DUTY ROOM 278, 80 CENTRE ST. 10:24AM                 The Gawker is in the court room again today and I cannot look at him. For a week now, he has been gazing at me from across the court room and I could not place [...]

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JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY SEVEN

Filed in New York City by on August 21, 2012 1 Comment

Click here to read JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY SIX DAY SEVEN JURY DUTY ROOM 278, 80 CENTRE ST. 11:02AM                 The shit hit the fan. Today has been a day filled with dramatic testimonies, angry objections and constant gavel-banging. Finally. In the jury box, we’ve been sitting on the edge of our uncomfortable seats, riveted [...]

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JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY SIX

Filed in New York City by on August 16, 2012 1 Comment

Click here to read JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY FIVE DAY SIX JURY DUTY ROOM 278, 80 CENTRE ST. 9:45AM                 We have the Monday blah’s and it is pouring rain outside. The court room is damp and reeks of mildew. The medical witnesses- and there are three today- drone on and on in nearly monotone [...]

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JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY FIVE

Filed in New York City by on August 14, 2012 1 Comment

Click here to read JUROR NUMBER THREE: DAY FOUR DAY FIVE JURY DUTY ROOM 278, 80 CENTRE ST. 11:45AM                 It’s a Friday and there’s such an obvious yearning for the weekend in the court room that I almost expect the lawyers to jump up on the tables for an energetic musical number. Perhaps a [...]

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