Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

Sourcebook of Crimi no I Justice Stotislics 1983Table 1.36 Selected characteristics of grand juries, by jurisdiction, 1980--ContinuedJurisdictionVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingDistrict ofColumbiaPuerto RicoSelection processRandom selection from thelatest census enumeration,telephone directories,election records, and othergeneral sources of namesJudges choose namesRandom selection from voterregistration listDiscretion, exercised by a2-member citizen jurycommission (representingthe 2 major political parties)Names selected by jurycommissioners and thenscreened by jUdges. InMilwaukee County, randomselection from the registeredvoter listRandom selection from thevoter registration list.Statewide grand juries canbe assembledRandom selection from the listof registered voters, followedby questioning by a judge andsometimes by the U.S. AttorneyDiscretion by court-appointedjury commissioners18Size5 to 712 to 17161712 to 162312 to 15Number ofgrand jurorsneeded toindict94Scope ofactivities12 Criminal indictments3/4 ofpanel121212Criminal indictments;investigates conditions thatpromote criminal activitiesand misfeasance ofgovernmental authorityCriminal indictments andInvestigations ofgovernmental affairsCriminal indictmentsCriminal indictmentsCriminal indictments,inspections, invl'.stigatiansCriminal indictments. Servesat least 2 months. Frequently9 or 10 are operating at onceIs a grand jury Indictmentessential for all felonyprosecutions (unlesswaived b the accused)?Yes (but only for offensespunishable by death or lifeimprisonment)YesYesMajorityvoteCriminal indictments andinvesrigations of governmentYesofficials and activitiesYes (for all crimes with apotential sentence of a yearor more)Source: Conference of State Court Administrators and Nationol Center for Stare Courts, State Court Organization 1980, U.S. Deportmentof Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982), pp. 108-) 13. Reprinted by permission.Characteristics of the Criminal Justice SystemsFlgure 1.8 dl . U S District C our t s, by type of juror and expenditure, year ending JuneJuror expen tures an •• t d by the prosecution and~J~~rm~~~n~h~~h~~ s t~:a;o~;;~~I~t:.~cd~~~;~~t~::~~~~~I~ft :J~t7Y~;~~y ~~i I b~~ n~:r~in~~ ~~~:~:~h:~Ji~h~~!~~::~:e:SY:~i~J\~set~~:s~ J~r~~~laIS ~::i:;}~!~~~~fY~:;~~!~i~:~~~~~~~ ;~~~rd~:,et~ltd f om a group of those aval a eI d d fter the vOir dire processJurors are se ed f r this Initial group, some will be exc u d Her the voir dire process are~~~~o~i~~cJ~der rooa~h by the"OJUt~g~;, e~p~~~1~~~:s ~~~I~d: ~~~!ilan~ous payments for the comforttill Id an attendance fee. es and conven pa I ence 0 f both petit and grand Jurors.Total Juror Expenditures: $38,897,800Grand Juror Expenditures: 10,542,300Petit Juror Expenditures: 28,355,500Attendance - 48.5%Subsistence - 3.6%Attendance - 17.0%30, 1982Subsistence - 3.1%Mileage - 6.3%Other - 0.6%Other -4.3%Mileage -16.6%f e of the United States Courts,Source: A~miUnisstr~~~~n~nl~ Printing Office, 1983), p. 20.{Washington, D.C.. ••l1982 ~~~~~~~WL~~~~~~'~e~in~Un~it~e~d~S~ta~t~e~sD~i~st~r~ic~t~C~o~u~rt~sGrand and Petit Juror ervlc104