Add to ORKGJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model jury decision making as a function of two institutional variables: jury size and voting requirement. We expose the critical interdependence of these two elements in minimizing the probabilities of wrongful convictions, of wrongful acquittals, and of hung juries. We find that the use of either large nonunanimous juries or small unanimous juries offers alternative ways to maximize the accuracy of verdicts while preserving the functionality of juries. Our framework, which lends support to the elimination of the unanimity requirement in the presence of large juries, helps appraise US Supreme Court decisions and state legal reforms that have transformed th...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
In recent years, court dockets have become increasingly congested. The resulting delays place a grea...
I argue in this article that supermajority decision rules would be more appropriate than unanimity o...
Juries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model jury deci...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
Abstract For judicial democracy, many societies adopt jury trials, where verdicts are made by a unan...
In Williams v. Florida 399 U.S. 78 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case concerning the mini...
In Williams v. Florida 399 U.S. 78 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case concerning the mini...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
In recent years, court dockets have become increasingly congested. The resulting delays place a grea...
I argue in this article that supermajority decision rules would be more appropriate than unanimity o...
Juries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model jury deci...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
open3noJuries are a fundamental element of the criminal justice system. In this article, we model ju...
none2noIn Williams v. Florida (399 U.S. 78 [1970]), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case addressing...
Abstract For judicial democracy, many societies adopt jury trials, where verdicts are made by a unan...
In Williams v. Florida 399 U.S. 78 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case concerning the mini...
In Williams v. Florida 399 U.S. 78 (1970), the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case concerning the mini...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
As defined by the Supreme Court, trial by an impartial jury of one’s peers is a procedural due proce...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern...
In recent years, court dockets have become increasingly congested. The resulting delays place a grea...
I argue in this article that supermajority decision rules would be more appropriate than unanimity o...