Abstract
Under a contract between the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan and the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), the NCSC Center for Jury Studies conducted an assessment of jury operations in the circuit and district courts, particularly focused on the extent to which jury pools in those respective courts reflect a fair cross section of the community, to identify factors that may affect the demographic composition of the jury pool, and to make recommendations to improve representation as necessary. The Ninth Judicial Circuit Court employs a one-step process to summon and qualify jurors for the countywide circuit court in Kalamazoo County, Michigan as well as for the district, family, and probate courts in the county. Jurors are summoned on a countywide basis for all of the courts. The term of service for jurors in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court is one day or one trial. The jury automation system employed by the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court is the Jury+ Next Generation by Jury Systems, Inc. based in Encino, California.
This abstract has been taken from the authors' introduction.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-2012
Publication Information
National Center for State Courts (2012)
Repository Citation
Hannaford-Agor, Paula and Hall, Daniel J., "Assessment of the Jury System for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Michigan" (2012). Faculty Publications. 2398.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2398