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Split Votes Fewer Voices Jury System Shakeup Brewing
Editorial notes the US Supreme Court decisions allowing smaller juries and nonunanimous verdicts in state trials. It traces history from 1970 and 1972 rulings, cites writers and scholars, and discusses implications for justice, minority representation, and speedier, cheaper trials amid growing crime concerns.
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Supreme Court
U.S
Byron White
John M. Harlan
Justice White
White
William O. Douglas
Lewis Powell
Trial
Journal of the American Trial Lawyers Association
Hans Zeisel
University of Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Louisiana
Oregon
Florida
Angela Davis
Huey Newton