The Role of a Jury Commissioner in Massachusetts

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The jury commissioner is responsible for creating diverse and representative summonsing lists. Massachusetts has arguably the best master jurilist, master source list in the country. Phoebe Judge: "You're not going to be able to avoid us"

“What we ask jurors to do is to just absorb all this trauma and just to keep on absorbing it and not process it with anyone. Just hold it in and hold it in and hold it in.” A look at what happens during and after a trial – and how some courts are trying to help jurors.

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