People with previous felony convictions will be able to serve on a jury as long as they're not still on parole or probation and they're not registered felony sex offenders.
involving his friend, a passenger in the car.
Binnall said he found support from lawmakers and other lawyers who questioned why felons continued to be barred.wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle"I can't tell you how often I've sat at the defense table with a young African American client who was excited to prove his innocence, only to see his enthusiasm replaced with hopelessness and dread once he saw the jury," Woods wrote.
Sotelo, a former student of Binnall's at Cal State Long Beach, said that she understands the concerns and that when people leave prison, they may still feel traumatized by the system and wary of judges, lawyers and jurors.
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