I got called up for Jury Duty a few years back. During the height of Covid. We had to wear masks in the court, in the jury room, in the building, etc. We only unmasked to eat, some of us in the Jury room, others in a park nearby.

The case I was on ended in a hung jury. The judge's words are the only thing that struck me "you must be convinced beyond all reasonable doubt". For me, a highly analytical person - there was plenty of reasonable doubt - not just from the defense's case, but also for the gaps in that defense the prosecutor didn't open.

At one point, the case for the prosecution asked a line of questioning that had answers of "yes" for the defendant - except, when he said "no", to one - she didn't stop, she kept asking the follow up questions that would require a yes to any prior question in her chain.

The passion and pride in her voice even escalated in a theatrical manner as she did this. It was only four questions later, her, perhaps lost in an elevated stage in her mind - that she realised, and rescinded that entire line of questioning.

The one thing I observed, and the one thing I learned - the process doesn't respect anyone's time. It had been something like 10 years since the alleged events.