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Alternative jury procedures attempt to reduce inconvenience to jurors
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Kditiir's Note: Ttir following
In the second of a two-part
series on thr Jury system. Last
week's article dealt with the
selection process In Morrow
County. Thin week's story In
bout some alternative me
thods of culling jurors to serve
and about News Kdilnr Steve
Powell's rccciil call to Jury
duty.
Ity Steven A. Powell
Many areas of the United
States and in Oregon are
atiempting to change out
dated jury policies.
Mont of the changes Involve
the circuit court policy of
(3 Lexington news
Delpha Jones
I.exlngtnn Grunge met on Its
regular meeting dale with the
Master Rnrhara Cutsforth
presiding.
The evening started with a
politick supper followed by
Irish violin music played by
Mrs Kenneth Smouse and a
talk bv A K. Fell, administra
tor of Pioneer Memorial
Hospiinl. on the long range
plnns for the hospital.
He also staled that there are
vacancies in the nursing home
area for the first lime in many
years
Mr, and Mrs. M. Melby of
Itoiirdman mid Mr. Mclby's
sister from North Dakota
were Islington callers Sun
day Mrs filenn Miller and
auiililer. Mrs. Hick I'aullus
of Hermiston were lleppner
and lxington callers Friday.
Wendy Miller, who has been
slaying at the Hughes home in
lleppner, returned home with
them where she will enroll in
school.
Mr and Mrs. Jim Bloods
worth have moved to Pendle
ton where Mr. Bloodsworth is
eniplnved. They had ticen
making their home in the
trailer house al the ranch
home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs ("ail Marquiirdt.
(itiesls of Fula Bloodsworth
Sunday were her grandaugh
ter and family Mr. and Mrs.
David Anderson and children
f Umatilla and a son and
mily Mr, and Mrs. Jim
Bloodsworth.
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calling for 40 jurors for every
trial.
Four Oregon counties
(Washington. Klamath. Clack
amus and Jackson) now have
the Jurors call the night before
a trial to find out through a
recorded message which 12 of
the 40 Jurors have been
selected randomly by a com
puter to serve the next day. A
few alternates must also show
up. The other 20 must stay
near a phone and be, at the
most, within a half an hour's
drive of the courthouse if the
voir dire process eliminates
too many of the Jurors.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stea
gall returned home this week
from a few days visit with a
daughter and family. Mr. and
Mrs. Greg I,eyvfl. in Wilbur.
Wash
Word was received by Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Martin that his
mother Horlense Martin, who
reside at Terwilliger Plaza in
Portland, fell breaking her
hip She had ma jor surgery at
Good Samaritan Hospital in
that city and will be confined
there for some time. She was
HO-years-old her last birthday,
and a long time resident of
Morrow County.
Mr and Mrs. Kenneth
Hownrd spent a few days
recently in Seattle visiting
friends and relatives.
Mike Kane is home after a
few weeks spent in Venezuela
where he was employed.
Lee Wagenblast returned
home this week from a
five-day vacation at Lincoln
City with friends. She received
word that her mother-in-law,
Carrie Wagenblast. is still a
patient in The Dalles General
Hospital. She has been there
for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wagen
blast and sons recently re
turned to their home in
Odessa. Wash, from a vaca
tion in Yuma. Ariz.
Mr. and Mrs Vilas Ropp
and daughter of Depot Bay
returned home after a visit al
the home of her parents Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Majeske.
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In Dallas County, Texas the
voir dire questioning is done
at the beginning of the
three-month period they
serve. Trials take place the
same two days every week
and the jurors alternate on
those days. They do not go
through the voir dire ques
tioning of the jurors every
trial. With a population of
1.500,000. about 70.000 jurors
are chosen for the 60 courts
every year. Jurors receive $6
a day and the yearly cost of
the program is $1 million.
Multnomah County, which
uses virtually the same pro
cess as Morrow County except
on a larger scale, spends
$544.00(1 a year for fi.ooo jurors
for 32 courts al $10 a day.
A phone-in system in New
York has saved thousands of
dollars and countless wasted
hours by jurors. All the people
on jury duty report for a
two-week term and are given
numbers. They call every
night and if their number is
mentioned, they must come to
the courthouse the next day.
I served on a jury recently
and found it to be very
uncomfortable and emotional.
Some of the jurors said that
it was their civic duty to serve
while ethers tried to fight and
get out of it. Ten were
dismissed for various reasons
Fair coronation
set for April 19
The committee on Women's
Activities met Monday after
noon al the home of Mrs.
Norman Nelson.
Plans were made for the
coronation of the Morrow
Cotintv Fair and Rodeo Court
lo be al the Ixington Grange
Hall April 19. It will start with
a pot luck dinner, with the
grange furnishing the meat
dishs. followed by a pro
gram. - - -
The Queen and Court will be
introduced and crowned
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and eight showed up the day of
the trial. Some of (he jurors
seemed lo be offended by
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STATE Of OREGON .
County of Morrow
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IN THE HATTER Of THE STATE OI' OREGON, jnd in pursuance
of an Oritur issued out of tint Sixlh Justice Court of tho Stats of
Orsrqon for th County of Mor.ow, and to !c directed and delivered
by the Justics of tho Poacu of tho sixth Justice Court, you arc
hereby summoned to ba and apiesr
in the Hid County and Stat on
hour of i00 .n,, to carvi
ronrtinj in thi- ajid Court.
mtm y hand this
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Courthouse, Room 201
Hlfvner, Orc-lon
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Subpoenas like this one from
office rail jurors to duty.
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some of the questions asked
but the defense attorney said
he just wanted to make sure
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Friday, February IS, 1980 at the
Juror ror tlu trial of causes
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his client would not be
"hometowned."
Of the six jurors that were
selected, two had served
before and the rest were
"rookies."
Corinne Miles was one of the
velerans. She said within the
last four years, she has been
on two Justice court juries and
one grand jury. She said she
was not happy with the jury ,
selection process in Morrow
County because she feels a
person should be taken off the
jury lists for more than one
year. She said it is her duty to
serve but does not think it is
eppnerfaj. tha, o(hers d() no naye
Dallas Harsin was the other
veteran and despite being only
26. this was the fourth time he
had served on jury duty and he
said he also knew of some
people who had never served.
We sat on a driving while
under the influence of alcohol
case and I found it very hard
to sort out the truth from
opinion. It all . seemed to be
opinion and the defense made
it tough not to feel sympathe
tic toward the defendant.
Judge Charlotte Gray in
structed the jury that all of the
jurors had to agree on the
verdict. She also said the jury
had to ignore the consequen
ces of the verdict and follow
the law even though the jury
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may not agree with it. Those
were very tough inslruetions
to deal with.
The defense attorney stated
that it was not a civil case
where money is the only loss
but a criminal case. In a civil
case, the jurors do not have to
agree unanimously but must
figure out a percentage of who
is right and who is wrong and '
then grope in the dark for a
money figure without any
guidelines. This was a crimi
nal case in which the state had
to prove guilt "beyond a
reasonable doubt."
The jurors all breathed a
sigh of relief when one
member said she did not think
the state proved guilt "beyond
a reasonable doubt." It
seemed that everyone felt that
way, but each thought he was
the only one and did not want
to speak up.
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Being a juror is a tough
position to be in. Jurors are
amateurs who are unsure of
the law and what is truth and
opinion and the professional
attorneys try to sway the jury
one way or the other. Jurors
can't ask questions but must
be silent and listen. It still is
better than having one person,
a judge, decide on a case
because a judge has feelings
too and the more people
involved, the more fair a
verdict seems to be.
If called to jury duty, expect
a long day with a lot of delays.
The jury voir dire process
itself took I'i hours for only
eight jurors to be questioned.
Even though it was an
interesting day. it was not
worth the $10.08 I received for
being on the jury. I felt ripped
off because with the mileage. I
should have received $10 48.
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