The sixfold increase in pay begins Tuesday as part of a pilot program among seven counties.
The daily pay rate for Alameda County jurors is rising from barely the cost of a sandwich and chips to $100 a day — a significant jump in expensive Bay Area.
“Far too often when our Black clients go to trial, there is not a single person on the jury who looks like them,” Woods said in a statement. “That’s not justice. Paying more means more Black and Brown people serving on juries, and that’s going to mean fairer trials for our clients and communities.“ The other counties involved in the pilot include El Dorado, Fresno, Imperial, Monterey, San Bernardino and Shasta counties.
Several interns for the Alameda County Superior Court sat in on numerous jury selections in May and June of this year and found that roughly a third of the jurors were excused for hardships, such as financial concerns or pre-scheduled vacations, Rosynsky said. The list of cases that the interns observed was not all-encompassing, meaning that the exemption rate could actually be far higher or lower.
Anyone using public transportation on the way to jury service can receive an additional $12 a day on top of their daily reimbursement total, the superior court announced this week.
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