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Plexiglass, Zoom, microphones and separate rooms: The plan to resume jury trials

Renovations to a former Magistrate Court are now complete Thursday, June 28, 2019, for Judge Clint Bearden to occupy. Upgrades to the room include new carpeting and more technology. - photo by Scott Rogers

06282019 COURT 5.jpg — Renovations to a former Magistrate Court are now complete Thursday, June 28, 2019, for Judge Clint Bearden to occupy. Upgrades to the room include new carpeting and more technology. - photo by Scott Rogers

A plexiglass shield around the witness stand, Zoom calls between judges’ offices and jurors and a jury trial with the audience watching a closed-circuit stream in another room.