Penalties clearly aren't working for no-shows
Courts are losing patience with people who either refuse, forget or are just too lazy to show up for jury duty. As outlined in one of this issue’s cover stories (“Courts losing patience with jury no-shows,” ), one judge calculated between 11 per cent and 21 per cent of prospective jurors in 42 different trials in Brampton, Ont., never bothered to show up. Other estimates have put the no-show rate as high as 50 per cent.
