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- Your Right to a Trial by Jury Has Been Compromised!The Supreme Court has ruled that there is no right to a trial by jury in cases where the punishment is up to six months in a blatant violation of the Sixth Amendment.
- History of Jury Duty and Our Compromised Jury System TodayA Jury is twelve people made up of our peers. Trial by jury was first instituted in early medieval England. Citizens were expected to understand the concept of law enough that they would be able to intelligently come up with an impartial verdict.
- When Our Jury System FailsAre paid juries a better option in criminal cases?
- The History and Future of the Jury System in AmericaA look back at how the jury system evolved from the Magna Carta to nullification in the OJ Simpson case.
- Conviction Makes the CaseFamiliar faces and themes make the newest project from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf really shine, using the humorous edges of David Kelley to enhance his own work.