Jury

John Garcia August 26th, 2017 A recent episode of Radiolab, titled “Null And Void,” discussed the issue on jury nullification. As the podcast progresses, it explained that jury nullification is when a defendant is in clear guilt of breaking the law, but the jury feels the defendant is not guilty and the law is unjust. Throughout the episode, a variety of emotions were displayed on whether jury nullification is beneficial or dangerous to our court system. Some may defend it and state people have…

I am in receipt of your letter of March 25, 2016, to attend on a jury duty on May 5, 2016. I am honored by the privilege, but I am writing this letter request that I be excuse from Jury Service. I am currently a part time student and part time job, in order to pay for my tuition. My school takes up the day time and my job takes the rest of the day. Due to this situation, I can not miss a day from school nor from my job because I wouldn’t be able to catch up my lecture and most lecture work. I…

and changing laws. For example, citizens can participate in jury duty which means service as a juror in a legal proceeding in court. The citizens are fighting for the rights that they believe in and the laws that they want in jury duty. U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor stated, “In a country that was built on the premise that government and our system of justice should derive its structure and its power from the people, the jury system is our best and brightest example of…

A jury consists of 12 members of the public chosen to determine what they believe is the truth in a trail. The jury system is not an adequate means for the legal system to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused person. The film, “12 Angry Men” exemplifies why a jury system is simply unfair to the jurors and defendant in multiple ways. It shows the jurors’ frustration towards the disturbance of their personal schedules, their level of concern for the case, and how their opinions are…

these laws that made people property? I hope not. The law no longer protected the people but the people protected the people. Jury nullification was used to acquit, or free someone from all charges. Would freeing a slave not be considered justice? In light of this information I can only hold true this statement. Resolved: In the United States criminal justice system, jury nullification ought to be used in the face of perceived injustice. I am now tasked with providing definitions to clarify the…

American Jury System Is the American jury system still a good idea today? The American jury system was a system first started in England hundreds of years ago. If in the community a crime were committed the accused would be brought to court with a judge and jury. I believe the jury system is still a good idea for today’s community for the reason that it keeps citizens involved in the judicial branch. Also the jury is usually correct. Lastly it keeps the civic rituals of the jury system. I…

The Secret Power of Jury Nullification Response In the Podcast “The Life of the Law, Episode 1, The Secret Power of Jury Nullification”, Shannon Heffernan explains the often overlook power of jury nullification in the U.S. court system. She defines nullification as, when a jury is convinced that a defendant is guilty but find the defendant innocent anyway. Heffernan provides examples of cases throughout history that aid the idea that nullification among juries can potentially benefit…

The article, Racially Based Jury Nullification: Black Power in the Criminal Justice System is written by Paul Butler and in his essay he writes about four major topics describing the racial influence in jury decisions. He also writes about the ways in which we can prevent theses racial based jury decisions. In my essay, I will be summarizing Butler’s article and analysing the way he approaches the criminal cases against African-Americans. Furthermore, I will describe my opinion of the way he…

put into jail for life or put on death row. Now if people in this jury don’t even want to be doing jury duty how do we know that these people will give a proper decision. But, if juries are comprised only of people that express an interest or want to serve on a jury then they would make a proper decision. This is well supported by the following text, “The Truth About Jury Duty”, “Impartial Jurors, Impartial Juries”, and “Why Jury Duty Matters”. Jurors are often unqualified to determine a person…

Juries are a key component of the justice system and they exist as the ultimate deciding factor in terms of defining the defendant as guilty or not guilty. In order to be on a jury and occupy one of the twelve spots, a jury consultant digs through the potential juror’s social media networks. Jury Consultants accumulate information about the jurors and check to see if the information they find is “favorable” or “unfavorable”. Jury Consultants have a job of Jury Profiling, which is the…