AI is making its way into the courtroom, but it can never replicate the moral legitimacy of a human jury.
Articles on Juries
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Rape myths relating to male survivors often blame victims, minimise the harm or exonerate the accused.
Police departments have changed their policies regarding use of force over the years to protect life, but ICE and other federal agencies have lagged in this regard.
If a judge makes a decision on their own, only their own biases will influence the verdict. In a jury, consensus needs to be reached.
Empirical evidence from other jurisdictions shows that more diverse juries are fairer to black defendants.
Juries now decide only a tiny share of civil and criminal trials in the US – and that hurts democracy.
Brian Leveson has recommended more judge-alone trials to address the backlog of nearly 80,000 cases.
Since the news broke in 2023, the ‘mushroom case’ has taken on a life of its own. What made it so compelling?
The jury has delivered its unanimous verdict in one of the most-watched court cases ever. Here’s what was at play legally and what happens now.
The Jury: Death on the Staircase follows the deliberations of 12 jurors as they listen to nine days’ worth of evidence in a real, concluded manslaughter case.
In the age of social media and evolving expert evidence, judge-only trials have become more popular. But there are simple things that can be done to improve and safeguard trials by jury.
A study found that mock jurors endorsing several rape myths rated the victim’s testimony more truthful if they reported the sexual assault immediately, compared to delayed reporting.
Centuries ago, women could “plead the belly” - argue they were pregnant to avoid the death penalty. It gave rise to the female jurors in Australian courtrooms.
In criminal trials, a majority of jurors make up their minds about a case after hearing the opening arguments from lawyers.
People love to hate bureaucracy, but regulatory agencies play key roles in modern society. Conservatives want to cut back their power, but a political scientist proposes a different option.
As my research into jurors and jury decision making shows, our system is far from perfect.
On Nov. 12, fashion mogul Peter Nygard was convicted of sexual assaults going back to the 1980s. Research shows that a delay in reporting sexual assault may not impact juries’ decision-making.
A Scottish pilot will see rape trials conducted without juries in what could set a dangerous precedent.
In the end, we must accept there are flaws in jury processes. But finding alternatives has proved difficult, hence the reluctance of governments to abandon the status quo.
You be the judge: just how wacky can jury decisions be?
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