Miscellaneous

More Counseling for Texan Jurors

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Two bills increasing post-trial counseling for jurors are on their way to the governor of Texas to be signed.

The first would give county commissioners courts the option to offer a maximum of 10 hours of counseling to jurors in criminal trials involving graphic evidence or testimony. Jurors would have to request counseling within 180 days of dismissal.

The other would provide similar services for jurors in juvenile adjudications.

Texas pioneered juror counseling, and it appears they are continuing to blaze trails in this area.

See A Few Bils Pass -- Many Die, state sen. Jeff Wentworth (R), Oak Hill Gazette (June 3, 2009).

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).