Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
Judges and Judiciary,
Law Practice
Dec. 15, 2017
Admiration for those who struggle to be on juries
Half the state may want to avoid jury duty, but the other half includes not just those who serve with alacrity, but some who struggle to do so.
Anthony J. Mohr
Judge (ret.)
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mohr currently is a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard.
Half the state may want to avoid jury duty, but the other half includes not just those who serve with alacrity, but some who struggle to do so. I've met a few such individuals during my trials and have never stopped admiring them. The following three incidents show how seriously they treated their summons.
He worked as a janitor, the graveyard shift at a high school. They paid him for 10 days, yet he agreed to sit through a month-lon...
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