Ohio

More Cuyahoga County Jurors Cannot Afford to Serve

By Cleveland Law Library

According to the Plain Dealer, the current state of the economy is making it harder for the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to keep jurors. Potential jurors who cannot afford to come downtown, whose employers do not pay them during jury service, or who risk jeopardizing a brand new job are all begging off or postponing their service with increasing frequency. In response, the local jury commission is summoning 200 more jurors, for a total of 1,200, each week, but at $20 per day (payable 2-3 weeks after the conclusion of service), even the unemployed might lose money after paying for transportation, parking and lunch.

Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on September 11, 2009 (boomark / email).