Now that I have been released---

So I am bursting to tell all, but of course forbidden from doing so, so this post and all related will remain private until my involvement in the trial is at an end.
Truth be told, there's not much to relay. I went in this morning, then first thing was called (along with 35 others) to go upstairs with a clerk. We were then led into a courtroom, where the judge (Monahan), defendant, and the two attorneys were waiting. We were then introduced to the parties involved and the judge informed us that the charge was murder in the second.
After explaining our duties and how the process would work, we were required to answer a long survey. The questions covered our background and feelings about different racial groups - specifically Hispanic (the defendant) and African American (the victim). I found the questions a little slanted towards the assumption that the potential juror was white.
While I know that I would go out of my way to NOT make assumptions about the defendant based on his race, his attire is another matter. His sweater was atrocious, and he had a dumb-ass little tail at the back of his otherwise shaved head. Still, innocent until proven otherwise, regardless of how bad his fashion sense is. Bad clothing choices do not make the murderer.
I realize how flip and shallow that just sounded, but be assured that I would take this duty so seriously that I am nervously nauseous just thinking about it. This could be the most weighty responsibility I've ever had to take on.