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Senate rejects bill to excuse law-enforcement officers from jury duty, 33-14
Summary
Senate Bill 2095, which would have excused law-enforcement officers from jury duty, failed on the floor after extended debate over civic duty and public-safety trade-offs. The judiciary committee had recommended a do-not-pass.
The North Dakota Senate voted down Senate Bill 2095, 33-14, rejecting a proposal to excuse law-enforcement officers from jury duty.
Senator Kari Myrdal, reporting the Judiciary Committee's recommendation, told the chamber the committee issued a do-not-pass and emphasized that jury service is a civic duty that should not be broadly exempted even though the committee understood the bill's…
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