Mississippi HB1295 revises juror qualifications, requiring literacy tests and disqualifying certain individuals from serving.
Mississippi HB1295 amends juror qualifications by requiring prospective jurors to demonstrate literacy through a personal form. Jurors must be able to read and write, not have been convicted of certain crimes, and not have served as a juror in the past two years. The presiding judge must personally examine each juror's form before empaneling them. Those unable to complete the form are disqualified. The act also excludes certain individuals from serving as grand jurors and prohibits jurors with pending cases in the same court from serving. This act takes effect July 1, 2026.
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