Stories_JohnEngelbrecht - The Monday Morning Memo

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Thomas Jefferson called juries ‘the only anchor, ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.’

In modern America, jury service tends to be equated with drudgery — a point illustrated by the drab, cramped jury room, where the windows stick and the fan is hard to turn on. And yet research has repeatedly shown that jurors leave their service with more trust in the justice system than they had when they went in. Even as the number of jury trials has declined dramatically, they remain an essential part of our civic life, and a counterweight to the feelings of cynicism and hopelessness so many Americans experience today.

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- Jesse Wegman, New York Times, Aug 27, 2023

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