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patphil

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1. As of June 8th, New York State will pay jurors $72. per day.

Reply to quaint (Original post)

Sat May 31, 2025, 11:15 AM

Saturday

Texas pays $30. the first day, and $58. each day after that.
So, California is paying it's jurors very well, but I don't think it's excessive, nor does it make much of an impact on the state budget.
Doing the math, at $15. the state would still pay $4.125 million to jurors. So the actual savings is only $23.375 million.
Seeing as how the state has proposed a $323 billion budget, and expects a surplus of $363 million, this cut in juror's pay seems ridiculous.

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/gavin-newsom-2025-california-budget/

Gov. Newsom should keep it as is.

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Early end to California's jury pay experiment [View all] quaint Saturday OP

As of June 8th, New York State will pay jurors $72. per day. patphil Saturday #1

It was a pilot program covering just seven counties MichMan Saturday #2

For civil trials with a jury they should make the plaintiff & defendant pay a fee to provide for the jury. Jacson6 Saturday #3

The real problem is jury selection. The Mouth 18 hrs ago #4

I disagree, mainly because both sides have equal rejects and "no excuses" would hurt many. quaint 16 hrs ago #5