Sometimes when you check your mail you get a summons you were not expecting. This is usually an official notice that you were selected for potential jury service. When you get this notice first make ...

The National Center for State Courts, in “Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trials,” observed: “The jury system serves as a bulwark against tyranny. It confers legitimacy on the law. It injects ...

You don’t have to dig deep into our country’s past to find examples of when the justice system failed its promise, especially that of a fair trial by a jury of one’s peers. Though the Sixth and ...

Jury service is a civic duty as important as voting, but receives far less attention from the everyday citizens who may be called to serve. For many people, jury service is nothing more than something ...