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Jurors aren't paid: they get travel (not much, by definition they're local) and subsistence (again, not much — a pub lunch per day each, at most). Selecting jurors is just a lottery system, so very easily automated. Deal with jurors being objected to, or pleading excuses, can be dealt with by the automated system in advance.
No-shows on the day can be dealt with by inviting a percentage of extra jurors.
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Jury trials literally cannot be driving the backlog in the criminal justice system — everyone else in the courtroom has to be there whether or not there's a jury.
They cannot be a significant driver of costs, either — sure, 24 bus fares and 12 pub lunches isn't nothing, but it doesn't add up to the cost of employing a single court clerk.
Politicians seeking to do away with #JuryTrials are being dishonest about their reasons.
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