$100 or 3 days incarceration?

[jmc_bks]

I'm reminded how f*cking incompetent the local district court is -- now that I don't practice there on a daily basis, the memory had faded.  I blogged a couple of months ago that I was called for jury duty when I was supposed to be out of town.  I wrote in a request to postpone.  Didn't hear back, so I called in and rescheduled for July and sent a follow up confirmation in writing.  And what did I get in the mail today?  A notice that my failure to report for jury duty last week was subject to a $100 fine and up to 3 days imprisonment; please reschedule ASAP.  WTF?  I already did that.  ::headdesk::

Tomorrow I'm calling the jury commissioner...again.  And writing again to confirm the arrangements I made 6 freaking weeks ago, but which were apparently too complex to be noted appropriately in the records of the jury commissioner.