Blog: Next New

A type of New Media that currently does not exist could be something that allows for Jury Duty to be done through Technology rather than having to go in person. Something like this could really benefit almost everyone because:
1. Jury Duty forces the person to take off work to serve as a potential Juror for the courts
2. There is not enough compensation for the grueling experience people go through for serving
3. There is a possibility that the courts may not even need any jurors on that day
How would this work? I suggest that an E-Mail sent from a registered court employee would provide all the details to the current court case and both the claims of the plaintiff and the defendant. The individual would have roughly a week upon receipt of the E-Mail to respond "Guilty" or "Not Guilty" based on the information they have received. The court would then make a judgment based on the results received.
From my perspective, this would not only help us as people no longer have to take a day off from work to spend 9 hours waiting for their names to be called, but also save the court money. The court will no longer have to compensate us for our time and this may ultimately speed up the court process.
The downside to this however, is that the courts may not have all the information readily available at the time the E-Mail is sent or that the actual "response rate" to these E-Mails may be very low.