Being a judge

Just a quick report from the day in the court.

I was told in advance to reserve two full days for this session in court, just in case it would last longer than the expected one day. So I had dug deep into my well of patience (yes, I do have one...somewhere) and calmed myself enough to sustain two full days of doing nothing.

After a brief intro by the professional judge, we entered the court. And everyone where standing. I kinda liked that. We sat down, and the case started.

Pretty soon it became obvious that we would not be spending much time in court today, and after one hour all the required questions and procedures where over. The prisoner pleaded guilty as charged, and voila, we where done.

I bet that the next time I am a judge, it will take the full two days, and then some. But at least, I am happy that my first introduction to the court of law was this easy to handle!