But seriously, I love jury duty. It's a nice break from the office, and it's an important civic duty. I don't want anybody to go to jail on flimsy charges (and I helped convince the other jurors to let somebody off once who really didn't do anything, but his public defender was incompetent and didn't present her case effectively).

I was fortunate once to be called and selected to serve on a panel for US District Court. We didn't know it at the time, but our verdict helped to establish case law as it was the first of its kind of case to go to trial.

Thanks for the detailed write-up TheGrey. I haven't served on a jury in Colorado yet so it's nice to see an overview of the process here.