CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Scientific Jury Selection, The Defense Rests, List Of Sons Of Anarchy Characters
29 Apr 2019
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Judge or jury: duncan v. louisiana: defendants have the right to trial by jury if the potential sentence is more than six months of incarceration. 2 singer v. u. s. : defendants have no. Jury selection process: dismissals for cause, pre-emptory challenges, scientific jury selection. Ideal prosecutor jury white, male, republican, upper income, protestant, 50 years of age or over, pro-life. Ideal defense jury persons of color, female, democrat, lower income, jews or. The state"s case: direct exam, cross exam, objections (sustained/over-ruled, badgering witnesses, the state rests. The case for the defense: direct exam, cross exam, objections (sustained/over-ruled, badgering witnesses, the defense rests. The rebuttal: direct exam, cross exam, objections (sustained/over-ruled, badgering witnesses, the state closes. The jury deliberates: sequestered, gag order, deadlocked jury. The verdict: guilty as charged, guilty of a lesser charge, not guilty, hung jury. Competence of jurors: general intelligence concerns, amateurs in the legal process. Juries depart from the law (nullification and vigilanteeism)
