NY vs. LA: Juror Edition

Mediachannel.org's Danny Schechter recently served on a New York jury, and recounts his experience here.

Upon arriving at NY's Criminal Court building, Schechter and his fellow jurors watched "a well-made video starring Sam Waterston and Ed Bradley tell us how important grand juries are to the administration of justice and as a brake on abuses of those charged with crimes."

Here in L.A., where I've now served three times, jurors are treated to a video starring... former KNBC anchor Kelly Lange, who now writes cheesy mystery novels.

Not exactly a fair trade off. Hey NBC and Dick Wolf, here's an idea. Talk about a nice promotion for your new "Law & Order: Trial by Jury": How about grabbing the new show's cast, which includes Jerry Orbach, and get them to film a new "Gee, ain't serving on a jury cool" video for Los Angeles?