Break from the Jury Room

I am at home.
They kept coming in the room and telling us that things were moving slowly.
Uh... okay. No shit sherlock.
Then at 11:55, they said that some panels, which they will call, can go to lunch early but be back by 1:45 (as opposed to 2pm when they originally told us that lunch is from 1-2pm).
My panel got called.
I rushed home.
IN THE RAIN!
And plugged in my laptop and sent off all the emails I was working on while I was sitting in the Jury Room.

I gulped down lunch and in about 15 minutes, I have to leave the house.

This is ridiculous.
They say that they try to plead as many cases out as possible.
They didn't tell us that this morning.
But I had heard that's what they try to do.
Well... with 20 cases, they had better be pleading out every single one, given how long it's been and no one's been called yet!

GAH!!!!!