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Thursday, September 14, 2006
Ind. Courts - "Indiana's Supreme Court Is Honored"
South Bend's Fox 28 reports:
They wanted to diversify the jury pool and Indiana went above and beyond expectations.Indiana's Supreme Court was honored in South Bend Wednesday for creating one of the most diverse and inclusive jury pools in the nation. They received the honor from the American Judicature Society.
Before this project, Indiana counties used jury pool lists that included only sixty to eighty percent of eligible jurors. Today's lists are very accurate, 99% accurate.
David Remondini, Council to Chief Justice Randall Shepard says it's nice to get national recognition, but the great honor in getting the award is doing something good for the people of Indiana. He says they were able to make the jury pools more diverse, more representative and that they're able to deliver better justice. Remondini also says they are saving the counties money because they're not getting jury summonses returned because of bad addresses.
He says the project was good government at it's best. He says it was a major cooperative effort between the Executive branch, the Department of Revenue, and the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 14, 2006 07:42 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts