Thirty-six Summit County residents will soon have to go before a judge and explain why they didn’t show up for jury duty.
Their absence left a jury pool too small to pick from, and forced a mistrial last week in the case of three men who are accused of a gang-raping a 9-year-old girl at a Uintah County home in 2016.
Now, Utah court officials say the 36 no-shows are each being served an order to show cause summons, meaning they’ll have to go before a 3rd District Court judge and explain why they didn’t report for jury duty as required by law.