Jury Duty

I was summoned for jury duty today for the U.S. Federal District Court. As I was sitting and waiting (we certainly had to wait a lot today!) for the final jury selection this little poem by Lewis Carroll kept running through my head.


‘Fury said to a
    mouse, That he
   met in the
  house,
 “Let us
  both go to
   law: I will
    prosecute
     you.—Come,
      I’ll take no
       denial; We
      must have a
     trial: For
    really this
     morning I’ve
      nothing
       to do.”
      Said the
     mouse to the
    cur, “Such
     a trial,
      dear Sir,
       With
        no jury
       or judge,
      would be
     wasting
    our
     breath.”
      “I’ll be
       judge, I’ll
        be jury,”
         Said
          cunning
           old Fury:
          “I’ll
           try the
            whole
             cause,
              and
             condemn
            you
           to
          death.”’