A recent report indicates that, despite concerted efforts around the country to increase the percentage of summoned jurors reporting for duty, the failure rate is increasing. I have long lamented in this space the incredibly low rate of compensation paid to jurors, as low as $9 a day in some jurisdictions. If jury service is a duty of all citizens, it should not be an overwhelming financial burden to serve. Decades ago many jurors in a months-long federal trial in MN against the tobacco companies chose to file for bankruptcy after the trial. It had destroyed their finances. In many places child care and convenient transportation is lacking. Incentives have been tried over the years to no avail. Here is the link to the National Center for State Courts' Jur-E Bulletin where you can find "2025 Trends in State Courts" by Paula Hannaford-Agor:
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NCSC.org
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