Jury Duty

Texas Teacher Jailed for Missing Jury Duty

A teacher in Texas lost her job after failing to show up for jury duty and being jailed. It mattered not that she had a great excuse – because she’d already used up her one chance to reschedule....more

Rating the Performance of Diverse Juries: A Scientific Perspective

The subject of diversity often elicits strong, entrenched ideological opinions. But Sam Sommers, an associate professor of psychology at Tufts University, is more intrigued by the facts—what can be noted, objectively, about...more