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Last week’s
homicide in the
parking lot at
Cramer & Anderson
in Litchfield shocked
the community and
members of the firm.

June 14, 2021 ■ Vol. 47, No. 24 ■ $10.00 See Page 12

Plaintiff’s Counsel: Most Jurors

‘Didn’t Show Up’ for Return to Court

By ROBERT STORACE

laintiffs counsel Cindy Robinson—who
had not been on a jury trial since the spring
Pof 2019 and in court on official business
since right before the closures in March 2020
due to COVID-19 precautions—returned to a
jury trial June 3.
But most of the potential jurors called for jury
duty didn’t show.
“I was advised that about 100 people were called,
but only about a third of them showed up,” Robin-
son said Monday. “It tells me that people who are
still concerned about COVID might have chosen
not to come. That number seems very high to me.”
Asked if the low turnout for jury selection in the
Bridgeport trial was normal and comparative to
other juries, Rhonda Hebert, a spokesperson for
the Connecticut Judicial Branch said the branch
was unable to draw comparisons. Robinson Mahoney attorney Cindy Robinson.
“It is much too early to draw any conclusions Courtesy photo
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