Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    7/3/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    Top Pa. judge: Counties to get longer jury lists

    From The Associated Press:

    Starting this fall, the odds of being picked for jury service are likely to increase for some Pennsylvanians and decrease for others, Chief Justice Ronald Castille said Monday.

    The state court system is compiling a statewide master list of prospective jurors based on voting records from the Department of State, tax records from the Department of Revenue, motor-vehicle data from the Department of Transportation and welfare records from the Department of Public Welfare under a state law signed last year.

    Sub-lists for individual counties will be provided upon request starting in October or November.

    "If you vote, pay taxes, drive or receive welfare or food stamps, your name will be on that list," Castille told a Pennsylvania Press Club luncheon at a Harrisburg hotel.

    Currently, counties use different public records to identify residents eligible for jury duty, including voter-registration and driver's license lists. But those exclude people who do not vote or drive, often resulting in jury pools with a racial and gender makeup that does not reflect the county's population.


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