All of those methods of compiling
lists of potential jurors lead to sending far too many jury summonses to white, prosperous suburbanites.
But there are serious flaws in how the courts gather data to create
lists of potential jurors, and serious flaws in the way those potential jurors are contacted.
Quite a lot of information that may be useful, say, if you were to be on
my list of potential jurors for a major case.
Sheila Bristo, acting director of the corporate planning branch at the Ministry of the Attorney General, had managers at each Superior Court location contact local band chiefs in order to get an updated
list of potential jurors.
The Appeal Court ordered a retrial but the Supreme Court ruled the province had done an adequate job of trying to get Indigenous people on
the list of potential jurors.
Not exact matches
Potential jurors in the federal bribery trial
of Queens state Sen. Malcolm Smith were asked Monday if they recognized any names on a
list of possible witnesses or people who would be mentioned during the trial — and nearly all
of the 48 in the White Plains court said they knew only
of Bloomberg.
A questionnaire distributed recently to
potential jurors contains a long
list of current and former members
of state government, Cuomo's administration, state higher education institutions, and also people connected to development and business firms across the state.
On the day
of a trial the court brings in a large number
of potential jurors who have been selected from the voting rolls or driver's license information or some other similar government
list.
jury commissioner: The local official responsible for giving the court
lists of qualified
potential jurors.