Oregon Judge Tries Using Phone Book, Sidewalk to Round Up Jurors
A juror shortage forced an Oregon judge to look through a phone book before sending sheriff's deputies out into the street to round up enough people for a trial. Lane County Presiding Judge Mary Ann Bearden said an unusually large number of criminal trials combined with an equally unusual number of no-shows for jury duty forced her to invoke a little-used state law. "We had three extremely important criminal cases and needed to take extraordinary measures," Bearden said.
