Pope County To Take Advantage Of Bigger Jury Pools
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Pope County is among the jurisdictions in
Arkansas acting on a new state law that allow a greater number of
people to be called for potential jury service.
The Legislature has moved to allow courts to not only draw on
registered voters but also on licensed drivers when calling
potential jurors to court.
Judges in Pope County are considering the mechanisms by which
they could begin calling licensed drivers to court. The judicial
district will first look at whether using the voter lists alone
provides an appropriate cross section of members of the community.
Judges have until October first to decide if they want the
change, which would take place on January first, 2005.
