Call of duty in the name of justice

By Corey Martin
Updated August 3 2014 - 2:09pm, first published August 2 2014 - 7:43pm
Northern Supreme Court registrar Chris Nason is responsible for ensuring a jury panel is available every two weeks. Picture: Phillip Biggs
Northern Supreme Court registrar Chris Nason is responsible for ensuring a jury panel is available every two weeks. Picture: Phillip Biggs

The trial of Stephen Roy Standage is into its closing stages and jurors involved have been sitting for almost four months – making it one of Tasmania’s longest-running criminal trials.

COREY MARTIN takes a look at the ins and outs of jury duty.

"WOULD you trust your fate to 12 people who couldn't figure out how to get out of jury duty"' - that's the old one-liner that gets bandied around, but is receiving a summons that bad?

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