Abstract
Abundantly clear is that, far from being an enclave from the pressures and concerns of contemporary society, jury service readily absorbs and reflects those concerns in ways that can both support and challenge the American justice system. Some of these concerns cut across many stages of jury service, and their effects are felt in unexpected ways. To sift through and identify the most noteworthy jury improvement efforts and concerns in the last seven years, we turned to technology (coincidently one of the hottest topics in jury service) and examined the topics that subscribers to Jur-E Bulletin, the National Center for State Courts' weekly e-newsletter, selected for additional reading most often. In this article, we highlight three of the topics that consistently generate the most interest by readers: the use of technology in jury system management and by jurors, jury issues in notorious trials, and various ideas to improve the conditions and experience of jury service.
This abstract has been taken from the author's introduction to the article.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2004
Publication Information
43 Judges' Journal 10-16, 43 (2004)
Repository Citation
Munsterman, G. Thomas and Hannaford-Agor, Paula L., "Building on Bedrock: The Continued Evolution of Jury Reform" (2004). Faculty Publications. 2351.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2351
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