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Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 28, 2021

Juror counseling in graphic trials is hit or miss

An estimated 70% of all jurors report some stress from jury service, according to the National Center for State Courts.

Juror counseling in graphic trials is hit or miss
U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder

A federal judge in Los Angeles said jurors may need counseling after seeing graphic videos and photographs in the trial of Ed Buck — a Democratic donor they convicted Tuesday of drugging two men who overdosed at his West Hollywood apartment.

Buck, who donated more than $500,000 to mostly Democrats in the mid 2000s, solicited Black, gay, homeless men on social media platforms and used a recruiter to scout and proposition them to come ...

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