Entries tagged with “Eric Hendon”
Sep 04, 2025
Juror Trauma: The Added Cost of Capital Cases
When Chloe Beck was called for jury duty in early 2018, she initially viewed it as a potential break from work. But she did not anticipate that the case — involving a nanny charged with the stabbing deaths of two children — would have lasting effects on her mental health. As an alternate juror in the seven-week trial, Ms. Beck was required to look at crime scene photographs and hear testimony from the victims’ parents. For Ms. Beck, the experience proved difficult to…