Jury Unanimity in the United States
Jury Unanimity
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 461 JURY UNANIMITY The issue of jury unanimity is tied to, among other things, jury size. The Supreme Court has allowed states to deviate from the historical norm of twelve-person juries, and has upheld criminal convictions by juries composed of as few as six persons. In criminal cases, where
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