I didn't know about your great-grandmother. That is terrible. I had a cousin who was also raped and murdered only days before I was born. They have never found her killer, either.

I went to jury duty only like 2-3 months after I was daignosed! I should have had the doctor fax in that I couldn't, because I was cycling horribly and had 0 attention span. Luckily, I never even got called up. I was at the back of the line and was like admiring the old fashioned trim on the walls. LOL. And, it was good I was at the back because the case was an extremely boring corporate case with one company suing another, so it was going to be a lot of details and having to pay close attention...

They only let 2 people off from the original jury box. The first was a guy who couldn't speak English. The judge was telling him that's a valid reason to send in a notice that you can't attend a case. The other was a guy whose wife was due to go into labor before the end of the month. The case was supposed to last 3 weeks minimum! So everyone was scrambling, saying how busy work was it was important they not miss projects. But the judge didn't care about any of that, it wasn't a valid reason to her. It was pretty crazy.