#712 - Downtown Seattle courthouse safety issues are keeping jurors away, judges say
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Crime and public safety issues around the King County Courthouse in downtown Seattle are causing potential jurors to decline to serve, making it more difficult to fill juries, several King County judges said Wednesday.
Public safety issues around the downtown courthouse, the seat of county government, have festered for years, but have been exacerbated during the pandemic, as downtown office workers largely stayed home and encampments in the area proliferated.
“Of particular concern for us is the amount of feedback we’re receiving from prospective jurors who are indicating that they’re unwilling to serve as jurors in our trials,” said King County Superior Court Judge Patrick Oishi, the court’s assistant presiding judge. Jurors and witnesses, Oishi noted, are required to come to court.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/downtown-seattle-courthouse-safety-issues-are-keeping-jurors-away-judges-say/