(The Center Square) – Pierce County has launched a pilot program to pay jury members $100 per day of service plus mileage reimbursement. The pay increase replaces the $10 traditionally paid to jurors in Pierce County. The goal is to measure whether higher juror pay reduces barriers to jury participation and, in turn, improves diversity. Laurie Louise Sale, a court program analyst for the Administrative Office of the Courts, told The Center Square that an increase in jury pay is well overdue. “The last time it was looked at was 1959 and that rate hasn’t changed since then,” she said. “That’s wh…