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• New Law Review Articles

  Thompsons, Brooke A. Note. Crimimal Law the Supreme Court expands the Witt Principles to Exclude a Juror Who Would Follow the Law. (Uttecht v. Brown, 127 S. Ct. 2218, 2007) 30 U. Ark. Little Rock…

• Jurors and the Internet

  As some of you may know, the American Society of Trial Consultants publishes The Jury Expert, a bimonthly journal about stories related to litigation and understanding jurors. This month's edition has an excellent article (one…

• OH SCT Hears Case on Hearing Impaired Juror

  Hearing impaired juror at center of argument before Supreme Court justices Among the arguments heard by Supreme Court of Ohio justices during the morning of Tuesday, November 17th, at the Ohio Judicial Center, the state…

• In U.S. v. Villar the 6th Amendment and Due Process Trumps FRE 606(B)

  U.S. v. Villar involved the conviction of a minority defendant for robbery. Shortly after the defendant's guilt was determined by the jury, defense counsel received the following email from a juror who sat on the…

• New Law Review Article

  Margaret C. Stevenson and Tracy L. Caldwell, Personality in juror decision-making: toward an idiographic approach in research, 33 Law and Psychology Review 93-111 (2009). Introduction During voir dire, jurors are asked to admit their own…

• Sight Impaired Jurors

  The article below discusses a case in which defense counsel is challenging her client's guilty verdict based on the fact that one of the jurors who decided the case was visually impaired. Generally speaking, jurors…

• New Law Review Articles

  Waters, Nicole L. and Valerie P. Hans. A jury of one: opinion formation, conformity, and dissent on juries. 6 J. Empirical Legal Stud. 513-540 (2009). Abstract Approximately 6% of criminal juries hang. But, how many…

• Mistrial by Google

  Jurors and the Internet Here is a very interesting article that discusses jurors conducting internet research. While there have been numerous articles on the subject, this particular article raised some fairly new ideas. 1. Has…

• Shadow Juries

  Here is an interesting article about attorneys and trial consultants using shadow or mock juries to determine the strengths and weaknesses of their case. Shadow juries can also be useful in predicting case outcomes. 'Shadow'…

• New Jury Legislation in Trinidad and Tobago

  The country of Trinidad and Tobago is considering legislation (Criminal Procedure Bill 2009) to address the issue of jury tampering. The new bill, which is currently in Parliament, would allow the government to fore-go jury…