Jury Duty Called

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on September 10th, 2004

Becasue the guarantee of trial by jury extends to a broader range of cases than in any other nation, the extensive use of trial by jury is unique to the United States.

So states the Educational Guide for Trial Jurors (Second Edition), published by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation. Some of our more astute (and regular… or obsessed) readers may have noticed a paucity of postings over the last 48 hours or so. It was because Brian had jury duty. Because New Jersey has a One Day/One Trial system, and because Brian lucked out by getting on a jury of a civil trial that lasted only one day, his service was limited to… one day. It wasn’t anything worthy of a column. “The definitive column on jury duty was written by Traci,” says he. Read that one here.