Jury's duty to decide the truth of the evidence
If a unanimous verdict is not possible, a majority can still be accepted
Juries are used in minority of cases but often times in the ones involving more serious charges and punishments
Between 6 and 12 jurors for a criminal or civil jury
Valerie Hans- Legal systems around the world (paper)
Landsman and Rako 1994 experiment- Participants (actual judges and members of community)
USA- Profitable jury selection to teach how to select most favorable jury in any case
Individual Juror characteristic really only accounts for 2% of variation because whole group comes to a verdict
Ellsworth research 1993- most cases start with an initial lack of agreement about the verdict when the jury takes its first ballot in the deliberation room
Hans and Vindmar 1982- female jurors more likely to convict in cases of rape or child abuse
2009- Juror bias scale explains about 15% of variation in verdicts cases
Common for media to give lack of details often so jurors do not know too much
Looking at US paper for 9 weeks 27% of defendants were described extremely negatively
2009 study looked at the effect of media exposure in 179 criminal trials in Indiana, found an increased likelihood of conviction in trials for which judges reported being aware of pre-trial publicity, can make judges think more negatively about the evidence that supports the defendants side
Court cannot restrict media coverage on a case unless a defendant has been identified
If a unanimous verdict is not possible, a majority can still be accepted
Juries are used in minority of cases but often times in the ones involving more serious charges and punishments
Between 6 and 12 jurors for a criminal or civil jury
Valerie Hans- Legal systems around the world (paper)
Landsman and Rako 1994 experiment- Participants (actual judges and members of community)
USA- Profitable jury selection to teach how to select most favorable jury in any case
Individual Juror characteristic really only accounts for 2% of variation because whole group comes to a verdict
Ellsworth research 1993- most cases start with an initial lack of agreement about the verdict when the jury takes its first ballot in the deliberation room
Hans and Vindmar 1982- female jurors more likely to convict in cases of rape or child abuse
2009- Juror bias scale explains about 15% of variation in verdicts cases
Common for media to give lack of details often so jurors do not know too much
Looking at US paper for 9 weeks 27% of defendants were described extremely negatively
2009 study looked at the effect of media exposure in 179 criminal trials in Indiana, found an increased likelihood of conviction in trials for which judges reported being aware of pre-trial publicity, can make judges think more negatively about the evidence that supports the defendants side
Court cannot restrict media coverage on a case unless a defendant has been identified
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