Jury trials
are in decline.

What are the implications?

“Trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.”

James Madison

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Nov 10, 2017 Understanding Bias: Preserving Peremptory Challenges, Preventing their Discriminatory Use, and Providing Fairer and More Impartial Juries

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@JuryMatters

July 20

“A high number of no-shows tends to lead to juries that are whiter, wealthier and older than the population as a wh… https://t.co/LS8bFZ1KlL
July 19

RT @sujathomas3: Should SCOTUS continue to permit trial tax. @ConLawWarrior and I say no. @ScottGreenfield pointed out practical difficulti…
July 19

Batman reports for jury duty in Gotham https://t.co/LDxvYVFb9E via @screenrant #batman
July 19

NJ Judge prevents AT&T's from enforcing arbitration clause in discrimination claim https://t.co/ONFixovnMt via @lawdotcom
July 19

An Alberta jury selection rules excludes Indigenous people. Legal Aid wants to challenge it. https://t.co/xHuo7826Jl via @torontostar
July 17

The Civil Jury Project is researching hardship relief funds for jurors. Would this help alleviate the no-show probl… https://t.co/YpjNgOpdGy
July 17

"A trial scheduled Thursday morning was delayed several hours because only approximately 20 out of 40 people showed… https://t.co/VaTOxPp5Vz
July 17

.@Virginiapilot Editorial: Jury duty no-shows hurt the community - https://t.co/X5f7LJ9hyP
July 17

Judge sends “edible arrangement”' suit against google to arbitration - https://t.co/GLKtotGvge via @mediapost
July 13

Seattle bike renters beware: "Did you read the fine print? We did. These are the rights you give up by renting a Li… https://t.co/JstOfHmKLL
July 13

"SCOTUS supports arbitration, but what about Congress?" opinion piece via @CTLawTribune https://t.co/fbgJtbGA6b
July 13

Yesterday a Missouri jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $550 million in asbestos cancer case https://t.co/6oin2WJPr3 via @cnbc

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Jury trials are in decline.

What are the implications?

Jury trials
are in decline.