Denise Amos

California courts owe defendants a jury of their peers. It’s still too hard to get one | Opinion California is ending an experiment to raise juror pay, which would have encouraged moderate-income people to serve and diversified juries.

After serving on a jury for weeks, @damosblues.bsky.social was bothered by a nagging question: "Were we really a jury of his peers?" As she reflected on it, state leaders abruptly cut a jury pay experiment attempting to fix this overlooked constitutional problem calmatters.org/commentary/2...

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