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This is happening because people just do not care. Years ago black people would not testify against people (murderers, etc..) and now they can not even fill a Jury pool, to even have a trial.
https://www.gwcommonwealth.com/murder-trial-delayed-jury-pool-too-small
Just in case you can not read the article here it is below.
By
KEVIN EDWARDS - Staff Writer
Wed,07/23/25-2:00AM, 6,730 Reads
Leflore County’s jury problems emerged again Monday as another murder trial was postponed because not enough people showed up for jury duty.
James Cason, 23, was scheduled to go on trial on capital murder and conspiracy charges for the shooting death of 15-year-old Johnny Cage in June 2022.
Cason is one of three men charged in Cage’s death. Cason and Terry Williams, 18, have pleaded not guilty.
The third man, 20-year-old Darius Sims, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and second-degree murder charges in April and is serving a 30-year prison sentence.
Around 3 p.m. Monday, just after the juror pool had returned from a recess, Circuit Judge Carol White-Richard dismissed them because the size of the jury pool was insufficient.
Assistant District Attorney Amanda Sturniolo Langford said 450 summonses were issued, but only 49 potential jurors showed up for voir dire, the process of the court interviewing the potential jurors for possible biases and excusing them for valid reasons.
Juries are made up of 12 people, along with a couple of alternates. The jury pool is selected randomly from the county’s voter rolls, but there are times where the contacted juror has died or hasn’t updated his or her address information. More often than not, the contacted juror is simply not showing up.
Judges have the power to issue show cause orders, which would force those who miss jury duty to appear before court and explain why they were absent.
Both Langford and ADA Trish Hicks said it has become a frustrating problem. Two other murder trials this year have also been delayed due to a lacking juror pool.
“Our office just really hopes that the citizens of Leflore County will see how vital their participation is to the process,” Hicks said.
“We can’t do our jobs without them,” Langford added.
“When you throw that jury summons in the garbage, that’s a slap in the face of somebody who was a victim of a crime,” Hicks concluded.