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Jury selection
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Lone Star Bench & Bar
Why do juries matter?
I have been writing on this blog about how Dallas County juries have shifted over the years from pro-defense to pro-plaintiff, or at least to a point where most prospective…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Vladeck on Thomas on the Missing American Jury
Today on the Courts Law section of JOTWELL is Steve Vladeck’s essay, Bringing in the Jury. Steve reviews Suja Thomas’s recent book, The Missing American Jury: Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil,…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Thomas on The Missing American Jury
Professor Suja Thomas (Illinois) has just published her book, The Missing American Jury (Cambridge U. Press). Here is a summary of the book:Criminal, civil, and grand juries have disappeared from the American…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The Eighth Amendment’s Lost Jurors: Death Qualification and Evolving Standards of Decency”
Main June 7, 2016"The Eighth Amendment's Lost Jurors: Death Qualification and Evolving Standards of Decency"The title of this post is the title of this notable new article authored by Aliza…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Florida legislature completesHurst”fix” for its capital punishment procedures
Main March 3, 2016Florida legislature completes Hurst "fix" for its capital punishment proceduresAs reported in this AP piece, the "Florida Legislature on Thursday sent to Gov. Rick Scott a bill…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Difference Women Jurors Made to Criminal Convictions
By Tracy Thomas
A Jury of Her Peers: The Impact of the First Female Jurors on Criminal ConvictionsThis paper uses an original data set of more than 3000 cases from 1918 to 1926…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable analysis of many capital defendants in Florida condemned to death by split juries
Main January 31, 2016Notable analysis of many capital defendants in Florida condemned to death by split juriesThe Tampa Bay Times has this new detailed analysis of the history and impact…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
TV Juries Are So Much Better Than Real Life Juries
A couple of years ago, a client told me she was happy with how discovery was going in her case. We had, she assured me, "extremely strong evidence." My initial…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment matter more for jury’s role in capital punishment?
Main October 12, 2015Does the Sixth or Eighth Amendment matter more for jury's role in capital punishment?The question in the title of this post is the primary uncertainty likely to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of justified attention for Judge Alex Kozinski’s new article, “Criminal Law 2.0”
Main July 16, 2015Lots of justified attention for Judge Alex Kozinski's new article, "Criminal Law 2.0"Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski can gather the attention of lawyers and law professors for…