Bill Text: NJ A4280 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Expands juror qualifications to include persons previously convicted of indictable offenses under certain circumstances.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee [A4280 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4280-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Expands juror qualifications to include persons previously convicted of indictable offenses under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the qualifications of jurors and amending N.J.S.2B:20-1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.2B:20-1 is amended to read as follows:
2B:20-1. Qualifications of jurors.
Every person summoned as a juror:
a. shall be 18 years of age or older;
b. shall be able to read and understand the English language;
c. shall be a citizen of the United States;
d. shall be a resident of the county in which the person is summoned;
e. shall not have been convicted of any indictable offense for a period of 10 years after completion of any sentence of imprisonment, probation, or parole under the laws of this State, another state, or the United States; or
f. shall not have any mental or physical disability which will prevent the person from properly serving as a juror.
(cf: P.L.1997, c.127, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
P.L.1997, c.127 established a per se disqualification from jury service of persons convicted of an indictable offense.
This bill would remove this per se disqualification and allow a person to serve on a jury if the person had not been convicted of any indictable offense for a period of 10 years offense after completion of a sentence of imprisonment, probation, or parole.
