Little consensus on response to decline in jury trials 
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Published: July 27, 2011
Tags: Judge Catherine Hammond, Justice Donald W. Lemons, Virginia Bar Association
HOT SPRINGS–Lawyers and judges lament the decline in the number of jury trials, but find little common ground on what to do about the trend – or whether anything needs to be done at all.
“If you lose the jury trial, the system dies,” said Virginia Supreme Court Justice Donald W. Lemons, expressing a sentiment ...
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