Report recommends ways courts can increase juror response and participation
Published: March 14, 2024
When juror nonresponse rates reached 48 percent in the Harris County
district court (Houston, Texas) in 2022, District Clerk Marilyn Burgess
wondered, “Why won’t they come?”
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