Archive for November 17th, 2007

A Civil Action

I’ve been to court on several occasions (nothing illegal, just the usual: restraining orders, mob boss indictments, contract negotiations) and I have to tell you one thing: 99% of everything that goes on in court is boring. Extremely boring. It’s not very interesting or very compelling. As someone who sat through the entire O.J. Simpson murder trial could tell you, if they could bottle most of what happened in the courtroom during the trial it would make a great sleeping agent. Oh sure, every now and then something interesting would happen, but for the most part, I feel sorry for juries. Read the rest of this entry »