Ninth Circuit goes with clear masks to show expressions

It was clearly an improvement.

Faced with the concern about reading juror and witness expressions when it resumed criminal trials last October, Ninth Circuit court and county officials got together and using fed-eral COVID-19 pandemic relief funds purchased 25,000 clear face masks.

Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Don Myers said the masks are provided free to jurors and witnesses and offered free to defendants who are not required to use them.