Author: Hans ZeiselPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jury
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Six Man Juries, Majority Verdicts
Author: Hans ZeiselSimple Majority Rule for Jury Trials
Author: Edward P. SchwartzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jury
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Majority Verdicts
Author: New South Wales. Law Reform CommissionPublisher:
ISBN: 9780734726193
Category : Criminal procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
It is generally considered that the requirement of unanimity results in more hung juries than does the alternative system of requiring only a majority of jurors to agree on a verdict. What constitutes a majority differs between jurisdictions that have embraced the concept, and may also depend on the type of offence being tried. This Report examines arguments for and against preserving the unanimity rule.
Six Man Juires, Majority Verdicts
Author: Hans ZeiselSix Man Juries, Majority Verdicts
Author: Edmund W. KitchPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Majority Jury Verdicts
Author: Gareth GriffithPublisher:
ISBN: 9780731059454
Category : Jury
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Majority Verdicts in Criminal Trials
Author: The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury
Author: John A. MurleyPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739136232
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
The Supreme Court against the Criminal Jury: Social Science and the Palladium of Liberty is an analysis of the United States Supreme Court decisions in what has come to be called the “jury-size” and “jury-decision rule” cases. In Williams v. Florida (1970) and Ballew v. Georgia (1978), a majority of the Supreme Court looked to history, empirical studies, and functional analysis to support its claim that there was “no discernible difference” between the verdicts of juries of six and juries of twelve. In the process the Court also decided that the number twelve was an historical accident and that the twelve-member jury was not an essential ingredient of trial by jury. Two years later, the Court, following essentially the same line of reasoning used in Williams, decided in the companion cases Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) and Johnson v. Louisiana (1972) that defendants were as well served with juries that reached verdicts by a majority vote of 11-1,10-2 and 9-3 as they were with unanimous jury verdicts. In these cases the Supreme Court rejected the centuries old common law view that the unanimous jury verdict was an essential element of trial by jury. With these four decisions, the criminal jury as it had been known for more than six hundred years under the common law and the Constitution was in principle abandoned. We critique these decisions from the perspective of unreliable jury studies and the impact of these decision on jury nullification.
Observations on the English Jury Laws, in Criminal Cases; with respect to the distinction between unanimous verdicts and verdicts by a majority. By Antidraco
Author: pseud ANTI DRACOObservations on the English Jury Laws in Criminal Cases; with respect to the distinction between unanimous verdicts and verdicts by a majority ... The second edition, with additions
Author: David BOOTH (Author of the Analytical Dictionary.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description