[Jobs] OT: Jury duty

[Sharon Sutlic]

Hi Liz, Several blind and visually impaired persons you may know have served 
on jury duty and felt it was a meaningful and worthwhile experience. 
Everyone I know who has served asked ahead of time for accomodation and 
received all the help they needed.  I'll  write privately to send their 
names.  You may wish to contact them for their first hand experience. 
Sharon Sutlic
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liz Bottner" <lizb at udel.edu>
To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: [Jobs] OT: Jury duty


> Hi all:
>
> This might be a strange question and perhaps off topic, but I'm wondering 
> if
> any of you who on this list have had to serve jury duty.  I have been 
> picked
> to serve come June, and I'm not exactly sure how to go about doing it.  I
> was originally asked to serve in April, but I had school during the time,
> and so was able to get out of it as I would have been missing class.  I'm
> not trying to get out of it, (I would love to serve if it's possible), I'm
> just concerned about transportation to and from, the fact that I've never
> been in the courthouse before, and the fact that I really wouldn't feel
> comfortable being thrown in there like that not knowing anything 
> beforehand.
> I could take Paratransit, but I'm not guaranteed I could get there at 
> 8:30,
> when it says to be there, unless I scheduled my pickup time for 6:30 or so
> because Paratransit is just so unreliable.  Also, what would happen if I'm
> late?  I'm guessing they'd just send me straight home, but I would be 
> stuck
> at the courthouse anyway since I wouldn't be able to guarantee when I 
> would
> get there and Paratransit couldn't just take me back home again.  Not to
> mention that would be a total waste of money.  I also wouldn't be able to
> give Paratransit a time to pick me up, because I wouldn't know when they
> would dismiss me, (I might have to stay the whole time, and I'm not sure
> when that would end, but there would also be the chance that they wouldn't
> want me to serve on the jury panel once I get there, and I obviously
> wouldn't know that *until* I got there).  In that, I could theoretically 
> be
> stuck at the courthouse for who knows how long.  I don't want to depend on
> someone to give me a ride there, because that just isn't feasible.  I 
> guess
> I could take a cab, but that's another expense that sighted people don't
> usually have to make.
>
> I did write a letter explaining all of this and the fact that I would need
> accommodations, (which I am attaching), and I received a letter back 
> telling
> me that I needed to call a number to request "assistance or other 
> auxiliary
> services" I think it was--I myself didn't read the letter--and so 
> basically
> I get to explain everything all over again.  Yay!  I'm just so entirely
> thrilled! Ok, enough with the sarcasm.  I just didn't know if any of you 
> on
> list had been in a similar situation before and, if so, what you did about
> resolving it.  I really wouldn't mind serving, but if it's going to cause
> more stress and headache than anything else, what then?  I'm sorry for my
> perhaps off topic post, and thanks for letting me slightly vent.  It just
> frustrates me when I explain myself what I thought was thoroughly the 
> first
> time and have to turn around and do it again.  I don't mind educating, but
> reeducating is what frustrates me in some situations.
>
> Thanks, take care, and feel free to write me privately so as not to 
> clutter
> the list.
>
> Liz
>
> Email: lizb at udel.edu Visit my Live Journal:
> http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
>
>


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