Notes on Judicial Organization and Procedure

Methods of Jury Selection. Only five years ago, a member ofthe bench was protesting that whereas criticism of our courts hasbecome so common that anyone with a pen or typewriter feels calledupon to add his mite to the subject, still, for some reason, perhapsfor fear of being unpopular, very few have said anything regardingjuries. What a change has taken place! Today, baiting the juryis one of our safest, as well as most popular, pastimes. As statedby Dean Wignore, the issue stands thus: Shall jury trial be abolished?Or shall it only be reformed? No thoughtful person can becontent to leave it as it is. Abolition being beyond the realm ofprobability, the question narrows down to that of the improvement ofthe jury, which is primarily a problem of improving the methods ofits selection