Jury—you know those twelve people sitting in the box watching the trial. Whether you have been called for jury duty but never selected or been in a position where a jury is choosing your fate, there are a lot of things about an Orlando jury that you many not know about. Juries play an important role in the Orlando criminal justice system as a whole and are a constitutional right for anyone facing a potential punishment of at least six months’ in jail. To clarify that concept a little more—potent

“I don’t like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.” -Charles Bukowski Does anyone like jail? Not really. Whether sentenced to a short period or a very long time in jail for your criminal conviction, jail is an incredibly undesirable place. And mandatory jail time means that you are taken away from work and your family. If you recently gotten into trouble with the law in Orlando, you may be asking yourself…are there alternatives to jail that apply to my case? Whether alternatives apply