08-15-2011, 06:58 AM
The LAW requires that the jury pool be comprised from the jurisdiction, which means the entire County of Hawaii. To exclude people based on geography will be a defense attorney’s dream. However, the Court can provide exemptions to individual jurors for service based on legally established exemptions, but they are just that, exemptions from serving, not exclusions from being called for service. The Courts would be in violation of Hawaii's Constitution if they divided the County into two separate jurisdictions.