{"id":32730,"date":"2022-04-28T12:58:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/cesar-ornelas-shares-the-importance-of-juries-in-our-justice-system\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:58:46","slug":"cesar-ornelas-shares-the-importance-of-juries-in-our-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/cesar-ornelas-shares-the-importance-of-juries-in-our-justice-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Cesar Ornelas Shares the Importance of Juries in our Justice System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cesar Ornelas<\/a> is a well-known attorney with a longstanding record of success serving clients in the San Antonio area and beyond. He has been handling catastrophic personal injury and death cases since his first day in practice. Since becoming a lawyer, Cesar Ornelas has done significant work for his clients throughout the state of Texas and throughout the United States, recovering damages in the millions of dollars through verdicts and settlements.<\/p>\n

In addition to being a member of the State Bar of Texas, and the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Cesar Ornelas has been named a life member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States and less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2021, Cesar Ornelas<\/a> was selected to be a part of The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, an invitation-only program extended exclusively to those trial lawyers practicing civil plaintiff and\/or criminal defense law.<\/p>\n

Cesar Ornelas<\/a> understands juries and the crucial role they play in our justice system.<\/p>\n

How exactly do juries work?<\/p>\n

The Importance of Juries<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Citizens have two mandatory obligations \u2013 voting and jury service.<\/p>\n

Lay person participation in the legal system is considered central to a healthy democracy. Lawyers play a major role in making the laws. Judges then apply the laws. If juries weren\u2019t used, lawyers would have a monopoly over the law. Lawyers have their own specialized language in which they communicate among themselves. Including juries in the legal system forces lawyers to use common language.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the collective wisdom of 12 that makes a jury. Jurors bring to the trial 12 times more life experience than a judge. Psychological research has established that personal, subconscious biases can be identified and addressed in group discussion.<\/p>\n

How do Juries Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jurors are randomly selected from the electoral roll. Randomly selected citizens receive a summons to attend court. Once the jurors arrive at the courthouse, they wait to be randomly chosen to go to a specific courtroom as part of a jury panel.<\/p>\n

Once in the courtroom, a potential juror\u2019s name (or allocated number) may be pulled out of a box. That potential juror can then either<\/p>\n