What I was involved in on 9/11/2001 is clearly etched in my mind.
I was a jury in a month-long trial in an attempted murder case. We had concluded the trial and closing statements were scheduled on the morning of 9/11/2001.
All the 12 jurors including me were waiting in the jury room having no clue that the two planes had struck the WTC. The judge Ira Kreizman invited us to the court room around 10am and told us a very unfortunate incident had happened and gave us some details that he knew. He told us if we are too perturbed we could go home and continue on the following day. We jurors went back to jury room and discussed what we should do. We decided that we could not fall victim to the terrorists plan to halt America and went back to the court room and told the judge we intend to continue and serve our duty. The closing statements took up the rest of the morning and we started our deliberations after lunch. We continued deliberations on the following days....
I was a jury in a month-long trial in an attempted murder case. We had concluded the trial and closing statements were scheduled on the morning of 9/11/2001.
All the 12 jurors including me were waiting in the jury room having no clue that the two planes had struck the WTC. The judge Ira Kreizman invited us to the court room around 10am and told us a very unfortunate incident had happened and gave us some details that he knew. He told us if we are too perturbed we could go home and continue on the following day. We jurors went back to jury room and discussed what we should do. We decided that we could not fall victim to the terrorists plan to halt America and went back to the court room and told the judge we intend to continue and serve our duty. The closing statements took up the rest of the morning and we started our deliberations after lunch. We continued deliberations on the following days....
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