Want to Help Fight Wrongful Convictions? Sit on a Jury!

Want to Help Fight Wrongful Convictions? Sit on a Jury!

June 13, 2018 Oscar Michelen 8

Not a month goes by that I don’t receive a phone call from some family member, friend, or friend of a family member, or family member of a friend, asking “What’s the best way to get out of jury service?” With about the same or similar frequency I get asked “I see that you are […]

Anonymous Juries Not Good For System

November 16, 2010 Oscar Michelen 0

Recently, a former law student of mine called me to ask my opinion for an article he was writing about anonymous juries. I told him that I was against them in general and that I thought in the long run, anonymous juries did more harm than good. He boiled down our half hour conversation to […]