I thought I would flag in response to Josh's post that I served on a criminal jury three years ago—and that, unlike Josh, I recommend that other law professors do the same. I tweeted a bit about it shortly after my jury service:

In his post, Josh suggests that law professors might have trouble being good jurors:

The role of the jury is to find facts, not law. Law professors are professionals at conveying the law. I would like to think that I would follow the law exactly as the judge instructed me--indeed, I told the judge I would during voir dire. But I think it would be hard to entirely set aside my views on what the law is.

I didn't find that hard at all. In addition to be an officer of the court as a bar member, I swore an oath as a juror to render a "true verdict . . . according onl

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