I have served on a variety of juries over the last 25 years and one of the cases involved the abuse of a young boy by a foster parent. I was horrified at first and decided that I wanted off of the jury because I could not bear hearing the details and witnessing the child's recounting of the story. The lawyers began the voir dire process and eliminated any parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts from the jury pool. I was a single male without godchildren, nieces or nephews so I was chosen as a juror. The case was heard for four days and ended in a hung jury due to one juror's refusal to believe the young boy. She stated in the jury room to us 11 that young boys are notorious liars and he was probably angry at the foster parent for being forced to do chores. I could have strangled the juror as it was apparent that the child was terrified of the defendant, and the remaining 11 had no doubt of the defendant's guilt. The case was retried and the accused was found guilty. This case was tried in 1989 in Los Angeles and I still remember all of the details quite clearly. I do not want to serve on another child abuse case ever again. So, Tim, I completely understand why you asked to be excused from the case.