Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
Criminal
Nov. 6, 2017
Crisis in the California courts: the vanishing trial juror
Particularly over the last few years, an increasing number of potential jurors are evading jury service.
Jeffrey A. Aaron
Public Defender
Mendocino County Public Defender's Office
3801 University Ave Ste 700
Riverside , CA 92501
Phone: (951) 276-6346
Fax: (951) 276-6368
Email: Jeffrey_Aaron@fd.org
Rutgers Univ SOL; Camden NJ
Jeffrey is a certified specialist in criminal law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.
While judges and lawyers make wonderful proclamations of the importance of jurors and jury duty, fewer and fewer jurors actually seem to believe them. Particularly over the last few years, an increasing number of potential jurors are evading jury service. According to Californians Against Lawsuit Abuse, in 2015 the number of jury summons that San Bernardino County alone needed to issue nearly doubled from 146,124 in 2012 to 267,918 in 2014. While this might include po...
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