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The Supreme Court Didn't Fix Racist Jury Selection, Kami Chavis
The Supreme Court Didn't Fix Racist Jury Selection, Kami Chavis
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Is The American Criminal Jury System In Criminal Trials Worthy Of Export To Iraq?, Mohammed J. Ailan
Is The American Criminal Jury System In Criminal Trials Worthy Of Export To Iraq?, Mohammed J. Ailan
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The American criminal jury system has a long, ancient history. It went through several stages throughout history until it became a sophisticated institution for educating the American people about the law in their country. Jury duty is one of the privileges of U.S. citizenship. This thesis shows how the criminal justice system currently works in the United States. This paper discusses issues such as the hung jury, the capital jury, checking abuses of power, and jury nullification. This thesis focuses on other countries that have recently adopted the criminal jury system, such as Spain and Russia, after they adopted democracy. …
The Big Data Jury, Andrew Ferguson
The Big Data Jury, Andrew Ferguson
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This article addresses the disruptive impact of big data technologies on jury selection.Jury selection requires personal information about potential jurors. Current selection practices, however, collect very little information about citizens, and litigants picking jury panels know even less. This data gap results in a jury selection system that: (1) fails to create a representative cross-section of the community; (2) encourages the discriminatory use of peremptory challenges; (3) results in an unacceptably high juror “no show” rate; and (4) disproportionately advantages those litigants who can afford to hire expensive jury consultants.Big data has the potential to remedy these existing limitations and …