Pandemic pauses jury trials, causing a delay in justice for shooting victim Pandemic pauses jury trials causing a delay in justice for one Acadiana family Pandemic pauses jury trials, causing a delay in justice for shooting victim and last updated 2021-02-03 23:17:51-05 LAFAYETTE PARISH â Last month, the state's supreme court suspended all civil and criminal jury trials until March because of COVID-19 concerns. However, for some victims and their families it means a longer wait for justice. Like the family of one shooting victim, whose loved ones say he died a hero. In 2017 Christon Chaisson was shot and killed in downtown Lafayette. His family says he was trying to help a woman who was being assaulted by another man. During that encounter he was shot.