| Re: Fast track Trial
I did sit on jury in Cook County IL. It was pretty obvious and the jury deliberated for less then an hour before sending him to prision for second degree murder. (it was unpremeditated the poor victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time) The judge came back to meet with us after the trial to thank us and told us he would have come up withe the same verdict. (and to remember his name as it was an election year... I did, he was a very good judge and a lawyer friend that argued in front of him said the same thing very fair and competent which isnt' always there in a criminal court judge)
Don't worry about mistakes Glenn, if there are truely mistakes they probably will come out in the appeal process. And they really beat into you at orientation and when they inpanal you that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty the burden lies with the DA not the defense attorney. Afterwards we found out that was his 3rd trial for murder and the 1st conviction that the defendant got (he was 19), so even if a guilty person goes free chances are they will be in the system again. I think at least in the criminal part of the court system things seem to work other then it takes too damn long to get to trial.
Franklin
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