Judging Juries

2024· 24 min·

Judging Juries reveals the barriers to jury service which deprive defendants in criminal cases of juries which represents a cross-section of the community. The film looks at the issue of juror pay, the use of peremptory challenges which permit the dismissal of potential jurors for no stated reason and the use of former felony convictions as a bar to jury service.

Cast: Brendon Woods, Mano Raju, Nancy Skinner

Director: Abby Ginzberg