Computer system aims to streamline jury process
The Broward County, Fla., Clerk of Courts launched its new computer-based jury management system. The Jury+ software system aims to eliminate much of the paper in the jury selection and management process.
With Jury+, people who receive jury summonses can respond online instead of calling or responding by mail. During jury selection, the system will randomly draw names for each trial’s jury panel and track their comings and goings.
The software can also review state lists of licensed drivers and voter registrations, purge duplicate names and produce lists of prospective jurors. It will expedite juror payments by directly connecting to the clerks’ payment system.
All this did not happen overnight. The system was ready to launch more than three years after the contract was signed with Encino, Calif.-based Jury Systems in June 2006. The Florida Supreme Court approved use of the system last September.


