Add to ORKGThe introduction starts off by explaining what juries are and why we need them. Following this is a quick explanation of when juries are used (including the distinction between criminal and civil cases) with the laws and regulations that establish and maintain them. Next, the focus will be on who is eligible to be selected for jury service and the jury selection process that goes along with this; this section concludes with the decisions that a jury must make at the end of a trial. The importance of this paper relies on the differences that come about in the process of death-qualifying a juror. In these terms, “death-qualified” means that a juror has been approved to participate in a trial where if the defendant is convicted it could result...
A recent study of death penalty cases has revealed that judges, who are ordinarily thought of as the...
The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is basic to the design of American criminal justice and...
This Note analyzes both the federal and various state standards as to what constitutes a voluntary, ...
This Comment will argue that jury nullification is not only a power enjoyed by juries throughout Ame...
Historically, the American legal system has accorded juries wide discretion to impose sentences in t...
The study of capital juries remains a subject of critical interest for the public and for legislativ...
At trial, defendants are afforded a panoply of rights right to counsel, to proof beyond a reasonable...
Jury nullification is justified by the principle that individuals are prima facie ethically obligate...
The role of the jury in awarding monetary damages to plaintiffs in a wide range of civil cases has c...
The conventional wisdom is that most trials are won or lost in jury selection. If this is true, then...
A jury in a criminal trial typically must make a decision about the guilt of a given defendant. Occa...
A fatal mistake. A defendant is sentenced to die because the jury was misinformed about the law. The...
In recent years, the criminal justice community has become increasingly concerned about the possibil...
In 1988 I concluded a review of what was then known about capital jury decision-making with the foll...
Trial by a jury of one’s peers is a hallmark of the United States judicial system. The protection a ...
A recent study of death penalty cases has revealed that judges, who are ordinarily thought of as the...
The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is basic to the design of American criminal justice and...
This Note analyzes both the federal and various state standards as to what constitutes a voluntary, ...
This Comment will argue that jury nullification is not only a power enjoyed by juries throughout Ame...
Historically, the American legal system has accorded juries wide discretion to impose sentences in t...
The study of capital juries remains a subject of critical interest for the public and for legislativ...
At trial, defendants are afforded a panoply of rights right to counsel, to proof beyond a reasonable...
Jury nullification is justified by the principle that individuals are prima facie ethically obligate...
The role of the jury in awarding monetary damages to plaintiffs in a wide range of civil cases has c...
The conventional wisdom is that most trials are won or lost in jury selection. If this is true, then...
A jury in a criminal trial typically must make a decision about the guilt of a given defendant. Occa...
A fatal mistake. A defendant is sentenced to die because the jury was misinformed about the law. The...
In recent years, the criminal justice community has become increasingly concerned about the possibil...
In 1988 I concluded a review of what was then known about capital jury decision-making with the foll...
Trial by a jury of one’s peers is a hallmark of the United States judicial system. The protection a ...
A recent study of death penalty cases has revealed that judges, who are ordinarily thought of as the...
The right to trial by jury in criminal cases is basic to the design of American criminal justice and...
This Note analyzes both the federal and various state standards as to what constitutes a voluntary, ...