How to Make the Jury Pool More Diverse

A public defender in Florida offers a few suggestions on how to make jury pools more diverse.

OrlandoSentinel.com: Fix problems with juries in Orange-Osceola circuit

We have problems in Orange and Osceola counties (the Ninth Judicial Circuit) summoning jurors that represent our diverse Central Florida population. While the U.S. Constitution does not require a “jury of peers” in criminal trials, it does require the jury to represent a fair cross section of the community. Currently, the jury pools do not represent the circuit...