The Importance of Sleep in Jury Trials

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Jurors have to stay out and deliberate until two, three, four, five in the morning. Some judges believe that they need to individually talk to each of the jurors. I think the justice system is just now understanding how trauma impacts victims. And we haven't had the opportunity to look out and understand how trauma is affecting everyone in the courtroom.

“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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