Do you ever think
about what it would be like to spend 10 days in jail for oversleeping? Deandre
Somerville, an innocent young man, made the mistake of oversleeping one morning
and missing his jury duty. We all think about jury duty and how much of a pain
it is to have to go in and find the time when you get a letter in the mail for an
assigned day. But do you ever think of having to go to jail if you miss it?
I never knew how
serious it was that you could receive a punishment like that if you miss your
assigned appointment. This 21-year-old boy received a sentence to spend 10 days
in a Florida jail for this reason. The first thing that came to this young man's
mind when the judge gave him his sentence was that for the 10 days he served
time, he couldn’t help his family or help his disabled grandfather.
After reading this
article I thought, doesn’t the court have so many other more important cases to
worry about than a child making one mistake of missing jury duty? A young man
can see and experience a lot over 10 days in jail, even though it’s a short amount
of time. It can change you.
That is what jail
did to Somerville. He talked about how this taught him his lesson and how
important jury duty is and I guess that is something I never realized is so
critical that it is worth jail time. Although, in the end, if every young adult
thought that way, people would make this mistake all the time and the court
does not have time to deal with absences during cases.
This article goes to
show how much those 10 days taught a young man and what it opened his eyes to while being in there.
He gained confidence. He found himself. Now he says, "sky is the
limit".
Article Link: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/us/juror-overslept-deandre-somerville-interview/index.html
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