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by Zack Beauchamp

"Jury duty." Two simple words that bring an irritated sigh from bosses, sympathy from co-workers and and a sinking feeling that you'll waste a whole day cooling your heels in a waiting room. But an online innovation in jury selection, called I-Jury is lessening the cringe and inconvenience factor in Travis County, Texas.

I-Jury replaces the traditional juror assembly room, where prospective jurors sit and wait - sometimes for hours - before being assigned to a courtroom. Sometimes people don't get called into a courtroom at all to see if they could potentially serve on a case.