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American Juries - The Verdict (Hardcover)
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American Juries - The Verdict (Hardcover)
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Although the right to trial by jury is enshrined in the U.S.
Constitution, in recent years both criminal and civil juries have
been criticized as incompetent, biased, and irresponsible. For
example, the O.J. Simpson criminal jury's verdict produced a racial
divide in opinions about that trial. And many Americans still hold
strong views about the jury that awarded millions of dollars to a
woman who spilled a cup of McDonald's coffee on herself. It's said
that there are "judicial hellholes" where local juries provide
"jackpot justice" in medical malpractice and product liability
cases with corporate defendants. Are these claims valid? This
monumental and comprehensive volume reviews over fifty years of
empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a
verdict that strongly supports the jury system. Rather than relying
on anecdotes, Vidmar and Hans-renowned scholars of the jury
system-place the jury system in its historical and contemporary
context, giving the stories behind important trials while providing
fact-based answers to critical questions. How do juries make
decisions and how do their verdicts compare to those of trial
judges and technical experts? What roles do jury consultants play
in influencing trial outcomes? Can juries understand complex expert
testimony? Under which circumstances do capital juries decide to
sentence a defendant to die? Are juries biased against doctors and
big business? Should juries be allowed to give punitive damages?
How do juries respond to the insanity defense? Do jurors ignore the
law? Finally, the authors consider various suggestions for
improving the way that juries are asked to carry out their duties.
After briefly comparing the American jury to its counterparts in
other nations, they conclude that our jury system, despite
occasional problems, is, on balance, fair and democratic, and
should remain an indispensable component of the judicial process
for the foreseeable future.
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