LONGVIEW — Cowlitz County Superior Court officials say too few people are showing up for jury duty, causing criminal cases to be delayed.
The Daily News reported that three cases were delayed in August — one of them for only a half day — after too many people ignored their jury summons and the jury pool didn’t contain 12 acceptable jurors.
Sue Anderson is the jury management clerk in the Cowlitz County Superior Court Clerk’s Office. She says people skipping jury duty has been a problem for some time, but it seems to be getting worse.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Warning says it’s a misdemeanor to ignore a summons for jury duty, but few courts, including those in Cowlitz County, enforce the law,
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