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Deaf and blind Australians call out jury service exclusion

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Some people try to avoid it, but for members of Australia's deaf and blind communities jury service is a human right they are routinely denied. Now, calls to make jury duty more inclusive are growing with new recommendations from the Victorian Law Reform Commission tabled in the state parliament.
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