'E-juries' used to test cases

[TexasStooge]

By YOLANDA WALKER / WFAA ABC 8

What if jury duty meant never having to go to a court house and what if court rooms were more like media centers?

Attorney Chris Bagby of Arlington believes it's coming.

He is using the internet to provide a unique service. It's called eJury.

Mock juries are set up to test cases before they go to trial - and everything is done online.

"There will be a chair for the attorneys. There'll be a chair for the witness. But there'll be a camera that's gonna film that witness and the jurors are gonna be able to do this from a computer," said Bagby.

"We now have over 100,000 jurors nationwide and we can do a case just about anywhere in the country."

Each blue dot on the map represents a case. Since 2000, they the service has been used in all kinds of cases.

Jurors - usually in pools of 50 - review both sides of a case, see exhibits and then come up with the verdict.

Arlington Chiropractor Jeff Pederson heard about e-Jury and signed up.

"It's fun to actually get to experience some of these cases and speak your mind on what your opinions are," said Pederson.

"We do track some of our results in cases that actually went to trial and it's surprising how close some of the results actually are," said Bagby.
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[Terrell]

Sounds interesting. I doubt however that online jury duty would occur. While those of us on this board have access to PCs and internet service, there are still people who do not. Not to mention not everyone has an "always on" connections.

[alicia-w]

I LIKE jury duty! I've done it every year since we moved to Florida.