For years, the vanishing jury trial has been well documented. When the pandemic struck, there were calls by both judges and attorneys to shrink jury sizes, reduce or eliminate peremptory challenges, and pressure litigants to resolve cases through settlement or pleas to avoid the challenge of seating a jury during a national health crisis. Some jurisdictions opted to adopt online jury trial procedures, with overall reported success in adapting the jury trial to a new forum using technology, wh...
