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Philadelphia's jury commissioner on the need for Juror support programs

NPR | By Michelle Aslam,
Sacha Pfeiffer, Matt Ozug
Published September 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM CDT

Many jurors spend weeks hearing and seeing horrific details from criminal cases, often with no mental health support afterward. Philadelphia jury commissioner Patrick Martin is trying to change that.

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