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Why Our Jury System Doesn't Work

Why Our Jury System Doesn't Work


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Why Our Jury System Doesn't Work examines just what is wrong with juries today. Outrage over verdicts in recent high-profile cases demonstrates how much Americans have lost faith in their jury system, and with good reason. Public confidence has been shaken by such notorious incidents as O. J. Simpson's acquittal; the initial juror sympathy for subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz; and the acquittals of the white police officers who beat Rodney King.Provocative and insightful, this book peers into the courtroom to examine how our judicial system is failing: - Peremptory challenges, by which lawyers are permitted to dismiss prospective jurors without explanation, are misused to contrive the composition of juries by age, gender, or race - Under the guise of preventing pretrial prejudice, the community's most informed citizens are excluded from jury pools because they may have knowledge of a case - Trial proceedings are so lengthy and prone to delays that few jurors can afford the time off work required to serve on juries - Jury service is often dehumanizing, with jurors prohibited even from talking to each other about a case, or, if sequestered, forced to spend long periods separated from the outside world, family, and friends - Jurors are commonly threatened, subtly or overtly, with violence or retaliation by criminal defendants The book traces the jury from its origins in medieval England through the current controversy over race-based jury nullification. It also analyzes how juries work in other countries and examines various jury reforms under consideration in the United States. Additionally, Hunter R. Clark offers his own controversial solutions: - Allow jurors to takenotes and question witnesses - Abandon all pretense that juries are, or should be, impartial, and instead accept that juries will reflect the values of the community from which they are drawn - Inform jurors of their power to "nullify", to disregard the evidence or ignore judge's instructions and acquit defendants accused of violating laws the jurors' believe are unjust, or unjustly enforced. Why Our Jury System Doesn't Work will compel readers to question the legitimacy of a jury system that has failed the American people time and time again.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781559724104
  • Publisher: Birch Lane Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Birch Lane Press
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 1559724102
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 1998
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 224


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