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jury, body convened to make decisions of fact in legal proceedings.

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THE VERDICT ON JURIES (Judicature)

Jury bears heavy burden as 'lamp of our freedom'.(NEWS) (Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland))

Jury trials for divorce? An Illinois bill would bring jury trials back to contested divorce. The ISBA Family Law Section Council thinks that's a bad idea. (Illinois Bar Journal)

Jury aversion and voter registration. (American Political Science Review)

Jury consultants work best when brought in early. (Florida Bar News)

Victorian juries: Roland Quinault looks at how the Victorians saw the old English system of trial by jury as a defining feature of British good government and fair play and as an example to other nations. Admiration for the system at home and abroad, though, contrasted with the practical realities faced by 19th-century juries. (History Today)

The jury, alive and well: three decades of study by two of the country's leading jury researchers have revealed a thriving jury system. (Neil Vidmar and Valerie Hans) (Interview) (Trial)

The Jury Revisited (Judicature)

Jury nullification: A perversion of justice? (USA Today)

Juries and justice: is the system obsolete? The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a trial by an impartial jury. But this brave new world of Court TV, professional jury consultants, complex technical evidence and racial tension, the jury system may not be up to the job.(impact of the complexities from the O.J. Simpson double-homicide trial; includes related article on DNA blood evidence)(Cover Story) (Insight on the News)

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