Jury stress - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Jury stress is the physical discomfort and mental anxiety a juror experiences as a result of the jury service. Such stress may come from disruptions of a juror�s daily routines, unpleasant questionings from lawyers, tensions of arriving at a verdict during deliberations and appalling or gruesome evidence. Some jurors may continue to suffer physical and psychological disorders such as nausea, insomnia and depression after the jury service. �

To help alleviate jury stress, courts have been working to provide flexible and sufficient notice to jurors and encourage plain-language jury instructions. Federal courts now provide �critical incident debriefing� services and free mental health counseling sessions to jurors who are involved in high-profile cases. State courts have also initiated similar counseling programs.�