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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Conaway
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - The Jury Service Selection Process in Baltimore City
FOR the purpose of requesting the Executive Director of the Department of Judicial Information Systems, the Jury Commissioner, and the Jury Judge of the Baltimore City Circuit Court to report to the City Council on the jury selection process in Baltimore City; to explain the genesis of lists of City residents qualified for jury duty; to authenticate the timeliness and accuracy of the lists; and to address the assertions that some citizens are called upon repeatedly to serve as jurors while others are not ever or are rarely called upon to perform their civic duty.
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Baltimore City Circuit Court jurors are selected from a list of registered voters, licensed drivers, and persons with an MVA identification card, as provided by the Maryland Judicial Information Systems. In Baltimore City, jurors are required to serve for the length of 1 trial if selected, and if not selected they are dismissed from jury duty at the end of the day on which they are summoned. Persons who are not City residents, who have been convicted of a felony, or who have a matter pending in Circuit Court may not serve. For residents over the age of 70, jury service is optional.
The Maryland Judiciary holds that “the keystone of the justice system in the United States is the ...
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