Do Californians Answer the Call to Serve on a Jury? A Report on California Rates of Jury Service Participation
Jurors play an integral part of the American justice system. Because a jury consists of several people with different backgrounds and experiences, a jury can arrive at a better verdict than one individual can. That’s why jury service, along with paying taxes, voting, and obeying the law, is one of the duties of citizenship. This report analyzes the participation rate among summoned jurors in California across 15 California counties.
The counties chosen are the most populous in California, and combined they account for 82% of the population of California.
