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Courts propose limited counseling for jurors exposed to graphic evidence; administrators estimate small cost
Summary
The state court administrator told the House Judiciary Committee the courts want authority to offer up to 10 hours of counseling to jurors who served on trials involving particularly graphic or traumatic evidence.
State Court Administrator Sally Holeva asked the House Judiciary Committee to consider House Bill 1047, a proposal to allow post-trial counseling for jurors exposed to extraordinarily graphic, gruesome or emotional evidence.
Holeva told the committee the bill would authorize up to 10 hours of counseling, provided within 180 days after a jury is discharged, when a jury sat on cases that include homicide, sexual assault, severe child abuse or comparable evidence. "This bill would allow the state to provide up to 10 hours of counseling services to jurors who have served on a trial involving extraordinarily graphic, gruesome or emotional evidence or…
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