A year or so after he passed the California state bar, James Binnall received a jury summons. In a San Diego courthouse, he watched Rob Lowe explain the value of his public service on a television, and then was handed a questionnaire. “It was question number seven,” Binnall recalls. “Have you been convicted of a felony?” Just the week before, Binnall had been second chair on a death penalty trial in the same courthouse.
Jury Duty Is The Next Big Step For Felons’ Rights
Jacob Rosenberg, Mother Jones
Tue, 05/21/2019 - 3:00am
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