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Philadelphia's jury commissioner on the need for Juror support programs

NPR | By Michelle Aslam,

Sacha Pfeiffer, Matt Ozug

Published September 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM CDT

Many jurors spend weeks hearing and seeing horrific details from criminal cases, often with no mental health support afterward. Philadelphia jury commissioner Patrick Martin is trying to change that.

Michelle Aslam

Sacha Pfeiffer

Correspondent, Investigations

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