American Juries

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Examines role of juries in fulfilling political jurisprudence. Trial by jury as a cornerstone of justice in the American legal system. Lack of training of jurors on how to evaulate evidence or apply legal principles. Replacement of jurors with evidentiary hearings before a judge in England. Advantages of each system. Jury selection.

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Richard H. Uviller (1996) has advanced the idea that the American criminal justice process is far from true justice as exemplified by unqualified jury members who make life and death decisions. Uviller (1996) believes that true justice consists, at least in part, of accurate fact finding along with dignitary values. The qualitative research hypothesis to be explored in this brief report is that American juries, while playing a viable role in fulfilling political jurisprudence, may be less efficacious in achieving true justice as described by Uviller (1996) than the bench systems employed by other governments.

In the United States, trial by jury is often regarded as a cornerstone of our temple of justice (Zobel, 1995). The very concept of the jury pervades the national mindset and yet we also perceive the difficulties ..."

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