You do sometimes get the choice though its a relatively small number of cases.

Me neither.
But it happening at least 4 times I remember seems at least anecdotally interesting.

Plan is that I do at least some criminal work before my pupillage is over. I'll let you know if that changes my views.

Former Juror: 'I now think its a terrible system and Juries should be abolished'
Me 'Really? Do you think your jury made the wrong decision'
Former Juror: 'No no WE got it right'

They are as empathic about the first statement as the second.

Since I started studying law, a lot of friends tell me (after the fact obviously) that they have done jury service. A curious thing is that this exchange nearly always happens:

There are issues with how we make our Jury pools, but they are more diverse than 'lay people who volunteer for their own reasons'. I think a lot would improve by more efforts to recruit a more broad variety of Magistrates.

I broadly agree with you. We'll see if I still do when I have been before them in the new year. The major difference (and my colleagues tell me the problem) is that Mags are self-selecting.

Absolutely. I mean the day *sucked* but that moment helped. And hearing your story reminded me of it and cheered me up today, when grief hit me again.
So Thank You? (I don't know the etiquette for this)

Cricket is really really stupid.
This is why I love the game.