Judging Juries

Judging Juries

24 mins | Aug. 3, 2024

Judging Juries reveals the barriers to jury service which deprive defendants in criminal cases of juries which represents a cross-section of the community. The film looks at the issue of juror pay, the use of peremptory challenges which permit the dismissal of potential jurors for no stated reason and the use of former felony convictions as a bar to jury service.

Judging Juries

24 mins | Aug. 3, 2024

Judging Juries
Judging Juries reveals the barriers to jury service which deprive defendants in criminal cases of juries which represents a cross-section of the community. The film looks at the issue of juror pay, the use of peremptory challenges which permit the dismissal of potential jurors for no stated reason and the use of former felony convictions as a bar to jury service.
Producers
Original title Judging Juries
Directors Abby Ginzberg
Writers

Cast

Brendon Woods

as Self

Mano Raju

as Self

Nancy Skinner

as Self

Elisabeth Semel

as Self

Phil Ting

as Self