Juries
News, rulings and legislation related to grand juries and trial juries.
Author: Thaddeus Hoffmeister is an assistant law professor at the University of Dayton.
Blawg Related Categories: Trials & Litigation • Juries • University of Dayton • Law Professor
Recent Posts from Juries
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Michigan SCT Adresses Jurors and Technology
This is an update on an earlier post about a rule change proposed by the Michigan Supreme Court regarding jurors using technology. The proposed rule has been accepted and starting 1 September Michigan judges will…
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Post-Trial Contact with Capital Jurors
Below are two interesting articles discussing post trial contact with jurors that serve on capital cases. In one article, you have the Virginia Bar attempting to stop the state attorney general's office from sending warning…
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Change of Venue
Here is an interesting article discussing change of venue motions due to pre-trial publicity. According to the article, these requests, for a variety of reasons, are rarely granted by the judge at least in Milwaukee…
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New Jury Scholarship
Joshua S. Press, Untruthful Jurors in the Federal Courts: Have We Become Comfortably Numb? 21 St. Thomas L. Rev. 253 (2009).
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Questions, Stacking and Stereotypes
Here are three jury related articles discussing: (1) questions posed by jurors; (2) stacking or delayed jury service; and (3) the unreliability of juror stereotypes. Questions from Jurors Create Buzz at White Trial San Diego…
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New Jury Scholarship
Kristen D Clardy, Judicial Confusion and Inconsistency in Handling Juror Misconduct, 17 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 895 (2009). Elizabeth Lyon, A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words": the Effect of Spectators' Display of…
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New Jury Legislation in Texas
The Court-A-Rama blog has an interesting post on two new bills pertaining to state jury legislation. Texas, following a growing national trend, is on its way to offering juror counseling to those who sit through…
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Others Urge High Court to Take on 10-2 Verdicts
Here is an open letter written by the ABA President, H. Thomas Wells Jr. encouraging the Supreme Court to take up Bowen v. Oregon, which challenges Oregon's use of 10-2 verdicts. In the 1957 film…
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Juror Unanimity
Professor Colb of Cornell Law School has an interesting article in FindLaw about juror unanimity and why the Supreme Court needs to clear up these muddy waters. Ten Angry Men?: Why The Supreme Court Should…
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International Jury News
Is Jury Selection System Unfair (Canada)? The fairness of the province's jury selection process is being called into question in the wake of revelations that Barrie prosecutors are having police conduct secret background checks on…