[today’s run: 6.5 miles]<\/p>\n
A bit more about my jury duty:<\/p>\n
I found that the circuit court records are online.\u00a0 For $30 I can get a month’s access.\u00a0 So I decided that wasn’t too much for satisfying my curiosity.\u00a0 I found the records of the case I served on.\u00a0 The guy had a history, of course.\u00a0 All of the people in the courtroom that day had been seeing each other for the last 20 years off and on.\u00a0 And they did send him in for psych evaluation multiple times since 2011 including a multi-week in-patient stay.\u00a0 The report is available there for all to see (who are willing to part with $30).\u00a0 Basically, they say he is using it as a strategy to try to get the system to work better for him.\u00a0 The guy even is on Social Security Disability for mental health issues.<\/p>\n
They also list some mitigating factors in his life including a bad childhood home situation and years of drug problems.\u00a0 It’s a sad thing.<\/p>\n
The other notable document, to me, was the victim statement.\u00a0 He basically said (paraphrasing) “Don’t lock him up.\u00a0 My life is better and I hope he has become a better man.”\u00a0 But from the guy’s performance during the trial I think he is still on the make.<\/p>\n
The other big event in the household was a visit from my wife’s Run4 Buddy, Aiden, and his family.\u00a0 They live in the Detroit area and went on a big driving vacation, the first trip in many years.\u00a0 They went out to Colorado then swung down to see us “on the way” back to Michigan.\u00a0 So we got to do things with them for about a day and a half.\u00a0 Mom and Dad and Grandma take turns caring for Aiden and driving.\u00a0 Aiden needs pretty much constant 24×7 observation.\u00a0 He can’t move around enough to get himself out of difficult positions.\u00a0\u00a0 If his breathing airway got obstructed, he might not be able to adjust his position to fix the issue.\u00a0 Aiden is in a wheelchair and he is easy in restaurants and stuff because he doesn’t make much noise or cause any trouble.\u00a0 So we went out to eat and did other things and had a very nice time.<\/p>\n
So for contrast we have a family with a son with very serious physical disabilities and they truck him around and go about their lives and he’s definitely a part of the family.\u00a0 They have visiting nurses and special equipment and lots of ways they have to accommodate his issues.\u00a0 But they are his champions and he’s their son.<\/p>\n
Against that we have a 50+ year old man who resorts to deception and occasional physical violence against others to make his way in life, who gets pity from his victim because he is a pitiful case.<\/p>\n
Finally, one other note from jury duty.\u00a0 I found the information on that 2nd case, the one I wasn’t picked to serve on.\u00a0 The guy pleaded guilty and in so doing he took responsibility for all of the contraband in the house letting his girlfriend (?) off the hook.\u00a0 So he gets 5 years and she was released.<\/p>\n
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