“It’s been awful,” said Rebecca Forman, who said she transcribed her last criminal jury trial in November 2015. I didn’t have the money.”New York State Court data also shows a striking decline in felony jury trials. “His hands were tied.”In 1997, according to federal courts data nationwide, 3,200 of 63,000 federal defendants were convicted in jury trials; in 2015, there were only 1,650 jury convictions, out of 81,000 defendants. “Now, I am in chambers all day long.”The hallowed jury trial is a right enshrined in the Constitution and immortalized in American culture. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAs for Judge Furman, he is still waiting for his second criminal jury trial since becoming a judge in 2012.

Source: New York Times August 08, 2016 02:35 UTC