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Just think about how comforting it is, when you are defending an unpopular view (at a family dinner, ... Bowen's Challenge to Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts Like His Own ... At the same time, we should keep in mind the possibility that Oregon and Louisiana represent the two Juror-8-like holdouts advocating for a better system,
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Two states, Louisian and Oregon, have laws that allow offenders of some crimes to be convicted with less than unanimous jury verdicts. ... elections are not unanamous,so why should a trial be? ... The reason they ought to be unanimous is because a conviction when 10-25% of the people on the jury think you aren’t guilty is terrible.
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crime.about.com/b/2008/10/07/supreme-court-upholds-non-unanimous-jury-verdicts.htm
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BOB TONER: We think there's an important principle that jury verdicts should be unanimous. The reason for that is that the proof that is necessary for a conviction is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, true it is that from time to time there are perverse jurors who might hold out and make the process difficult.
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Rosemary Hunter: I think that under the traditional concept of the immunity in relation to judicial functions, ... John North: The Law Society firmly believes that jury verdicts should be unanimous because otherwise we risk diminishing the standard of proof in criminal cases, and seeing innocent people convicted.
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www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1218102.ht...
www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s1218102.htm
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2004-0127 - NZ Herald - Jury majority decision long overdue ; Editorial - It speaks volumes for our standards of criminal justice that it is taking so long to dispense with the principle that jury verdicts should be unanimous.
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www.peterellis.org.nz/LawReform/Juries/index.htm
www.peterellis.org.nz/LawReform/Juries/index.htm
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Think Out Loud: Jury Deliberations; ... But in Oregon only ten jurors are required to convict people accused of non-capital offenses. Have you served on a jury? Have you been convicted or acquitted by ten out of twelve people? What does your experience tell you about whether non-capital jury verdicts should be unanimous or not?
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The Impact of Graphic Injury Photographs on Liability Verdicts and Non-Economic Damage Awards, by Bryan Edelman ... There's a book in this, Mark -- think about it. ... My attitude, should I be called for jury duty again, would be a willingness to serve rather than as an interruption in my life. Your comments on the role of jurors,
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jurylaw.typepad.com/deliberations/
jurylaw.typepad.com/deliberations/
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Some observers of the jury system have suggested that the unanimous decision rule should be changed in criminal trials. This suggestion is ... Although historians do not on how the practice began, unanimous verdicts were required at English common law as early as the mid- to late fourteenth century. That, ... "What Jurors Think:
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w3.uchastings.edu/plri/spr96tex/juryuna.html
w3.uchastings.edu/plri/spr96tex/juryuna.html
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Principle 4 states that “jury decisions should be unanimous.”44 The commentary notes that “at least as early as the fourteenth century it was agreed that jury verdicts should be unanimous.”45 The commentary further explains the rationale for a preference for unanimity: The historical preference for...
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