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alosso:
One thing she mentioned about time management hit home with me. When she spoke about time lost, sitting in juror selection groups, it reminded me of earlier days when trouble was my constant companion.
Never one to waste time, while waiting to be adjudicated, I learned a LOT about the system of justice in this country. Quickly I observed the lack of jury trials being asked for. It is our right to have a jury trial when requested.
Doing some quick math while sitting in the court room, counting all the people brought in for adjudication, I added them all up, and put a time accruement, for how long each person choosing a jury trial would approximately take.
I ran the numbers, and came to the epiphany that the entire judicial system in this country would crash in upon itself with in days, if EVERYONE chose a jury trial. This was in the 70's, imagine with the exponential crime rate rising from then to now, it would take hours for courts to come to a grinding halt.
Having figured this out, when it was my time for the 1st part of proceedings to commence, the "arraignment" phase, which then usually ended up in another date set for a trial, or a "waiver" of the trial. You then allow the judge to adjudicate you instead of a jury.
Big gamble, dependent on what one has done. Now standing up when my name was called, charges read, I needed to enter a "plea". "Not guilty" was my plea.
Held over for trial was the answer. It is ALWAYS the answer, during arainmet, unless one wants to eradicate the charges then & there by the waiver. When asked, I chose a jury trial.
There was some conversation at the bench between the DA and the magistrate & the judge. A call for dismissal came from the DA. The hammer fell, I thanked them, and bolted.
4 federal grand jury indictments later, I also repeated the same process. I would tell all appointed, and hired lawyers, "if you're a settler, move out west with the rest of them"!
They knew I was willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars of THEIR money, which paled in comparison to the time spent, building a winning case against me, because I always chose a jury trial.
Time management is the most important factor in a persons life.
Two days ago, my neighbor lost his 51 year old wife in a head on crash. She was texting on her phone, less than a 1/2 mile from our, her, house. It would have taken her about 2.25 minutes to drive home before making that text.
She crossed into oncoming traffic and died on the scene.
Two minutes in your life, can be the most defining minutes of your life today.
Time is the only quantification of our existence. Nothing else.
Enjoy the time you have left. I wonder how many hours, some of us spend in this cyber world. For me, it's about 7 hours a week.
Anyone else want to do their time here? Not that it's a waste, for some it is pure enjoyment, most I should say.
How many hours a week, a month, a year???
for me it's averagely
7 x 7x 52 ➗ 24 hours = 15.166666 days a year
I'm good with that, still leaves plenty of time for goofing off
Which will commence henceforth....
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