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> Just surprising that it took them this long—the start of the trial—to settle. I was a juror on a civil case once. They said many of them go right up until th
by mysterydip 4y ago
> Just surprising that it took them this long—the start of the trial—to settle.
I was a juror on a civil case once. They said many of them go right up until the trial date before settling out of court, as things finally become "real". Both sides want the other to flinch first.
- sverhagen 4y agoIt's me waiting until the night before the exam to open the book for the first time, all over again.
- mauvehaus 4y agoSecond this. I've been called for jury duty a couple of times, and one of the things that I've been told every time is that showing up and being ready to be impaneled is an important driver for things being settled (civil) or a plea deal (criminal) being reached. It's not just something they tell the folks who get called. I've seen it from the other side too where someone I knew was prepared to testify in a criminal case. The defendant pleaded out the day the trial was due to start while we were in the courthouse waiting for the proceedings to begin.