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Jury Study Needs a High-Volume Court Volunteer

June 1, 2012 Gregory Hurley, Center for Jury Studies, National Center for State Courts The NCSC Center for Jury Studies plans to submit a proposal to the National Science Foundation by July 15, 2012, for funding to support a mock jury study to examine the impact of jury instructions on implicit bias in juror decision-making. …

California Budget Cuts: “All Courts are Going to Feel the Pain”

May 14, 2012 Los Angeles Times; Reuters News Service; California Judicial Branch; National Center for State Courts State judicial leaders warned Monday that the proposed cuts for the California courts may jeopardize public access to the justice system. During the last three years, the state’s huge court system has been cut by $650 million. The…

Local Government Budgets Still Call for Workforce Cuts

May 10, 2012 USA Today by Tim Mullaney   After April’s employment report brought word of 15,000 more cuts of government workers, are states and local governments closer to the bottom? Sort of.  States are stabilizing as tax receipts tick up. They’re helped by the upward march of private-sector jobs, which climbed by 130,000 as…

New Maricopa County Arizona (Phoenix) Criminal Court Tower Opens

May, 2012 Sources: Phoenix KJZZ News Radio; Arizona Republic   The long awaited Maricopa County Superior Court South Court Tower in downtown Phoenix is now open, having held its grand opening on the day of Arizona’s centennial celebration – February 14, 2012. The new tower is located south of the main courthouse on Jefferson, with…