Sweetening the pool: Pay raise for jurors is small thanks

HoustonChronicle.com - Sweetening the pool: Pay raise for jurors is small thanks: "As Houston state Sen. Rodney Ellis put it, 'If you hadn't had a pay raise in 50 years, you'd walk off your job, as well.' He was referring to the $6 a day citizens receive for jury duty in state courts, and the resulting poor participation rate, particularly among low-income minorities."