To respond to legitimate needs of mothers with young children. Continue and expand efforts to control juror failures to appear. To improve the representativeness of those who appear for jury selection. To demonstrate to citizens the Court s commitment that jury service should be shared broadly across the community. To demonstrate the Court s commitment to seeing that its orders are enforced.
Judges monitor and manage jury trial length to a greater degree.
To minimize the burden of service on those who are selected to serve as sworn jurors. To reduce the bases for excuse from service based on the lack of available time. To demonstrate in a tangible fashion the Court s understanding of the value of citizens time and private lives. Adopt proven procedures for improving juror comprehension. To improve juror comprehension in order to improve the quality of their decision making.