Add to ORKGThe jury system is intended to instill fairness and increase confidence in the American legal system as a whole. Despite this goal, widespread discrimination remains in jury selection procedures. In order to adequately protect both a defendant’s right to be tried by a jury of his peers and every citizen’s right to participate in the legal system, representativeness should be improved at each of three levels where juror exclusion takes place: (1) the assembly of the jury pool; (2) the issuance of exemptions and excusals from jury service; and (3) the use of peremptory challenges in empanelling the petit jury. States should institute a system like the one used in Massachusetts, which limits service to one day or one trial and eliminates all e...
The modern jury focuses on three main ideas: impartiality, as laid out in the Sixth Amendment, jury ...
Of the various selection methods that contribute to the underrepresentation of members of racial and...
In many countries, lay people participate as decision makers in legal cases. Some countries include ...
The jury system is intended to instill fairness and increase confidence in the American legal system...
One of the main and ongoing problems plaguing the American jury system has been ensuring that juries...
Encounters with the legal system are unevenly distributed throughout the American population, with B...
As illustrated by the recent Los Angeles riots, communities perceive bias in the judicial system whe...
Jury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the CIVIL WAR, wh...
The American jury system holds the promise of bringing commonsense ideas about justice to the enforc...
An integral part of the jury selection process is the individual challenge, where a party has the pr...
Racially mixed criminal juries deliberate better and are viewed by the public as more legitimate tha...
How should trial experts approach cases of racial profiling? As a British philosopher, albeit one w...
Racial and ethnic minorities continue to be substantially underrepresented on criminal juries. At al...
Jury trials have always been a source of anxiety for litigators. Despite years of preparation, the o...
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of criminal defendants to...
The modern jury focuses on three main ideas: impartiality, as laid out in the Sixth Amendment, jury ...
Of the various selection methods that contribute to the underrepresentation of members of racial and...
In many countries, lay people participate as decision makers in legal cases. Some countries include ...
The jury system is intended to instill fairness and increase confidence in the American legal system...
One of the main and ongoing problems plaguing the American jury system has been ensuring that juries...
Encounters with the legal system are unevenly distributed throughout the American population, with B...
As illustrated by the recent Los Angeles riots, communities perceive bias in the judicial system whe...
Jury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the CIVIL WAR, wh...
The American jury system holds the promise of bringing commonsense ideas about justice to the enforc...
An integral part of the jury selection process is the individual challenge, where a party has the pr...
Racially mixed criminal juries deliberate better and are viewed by the public as more legitimate tha...
How should trial experts approach cases of racial profiling? As a British philosopher, albeit one w...
Racial and ethnic minorities continue to be substantially underrepresented on criminal juries. At al...
Jury trials have always been a source of anxiety for litigators. Despite years of preparation, the o...
The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of criminal defendants to...
The modern jury focuses on three main ideas: impartiality, as laid out in the Sixth Amendment, jury ...
Of the various selection methods that contribute to the underrepresentation of members of racial and...
In many countries, lay people participate as decision makers in legal cases. Some countries include ...