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Bookmark or Share- “Inextricably Bound Up”: Why Courts Must Allow Jury Questioning on ...The Eleventh Circuit agreed with Mr. Berthiaume, holding that, despite the broad discretion given to trial judges to determine the scope of jury questioning, the Constitution requires that courts allow inquiry into sexual orientation bias where, as here, sexual orientation is “‘inextricably bound up’ with the evidence to be presented at ...
- Private: Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection | ACSIn reality, however, racial discrimination in the selection of juries is a longstanding and enduring feature of American criminal justice. Prior to the Civil War, laws and customs rooted in white supremacy largely restricted jury service to white men. During the Reconstruction era that followed the war and the abolition of slavery, the 14 th ...
- Judicial Decisions Should Be Based on Law, Not PoliticsWhen judges stray from the rule of law, they should be called out, for the sake of our democracy and for the preservation of the rule of law. This trend is all the more reason that ACS is prioritizing the recruitment of diverse, qualified candidates for the federal bench. We need to fill as many federal court vacancies as we can with judges who ...
- Private: The Peterson Case: Did Juror Removal Manipulate the Verdict?After the final replacement -- Greg Jackson, the jury's foreperson -- the "new" jury reached its verdict in less than eight hours, finding Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife Laci, and second-degree murder in the death of his "unborn son." The last minute removal of the final two jurors, followed by such a quick ...
- Private: Jury Duty is Constitution Duty | ACSProfessor Neil Vidmar wrote, “Copies should be placed in the jury assembly rooms of every courthouse.” Professor Nancy Marder, Director of the Jury Center at Chicago-Kent College of Law recommended, “Every court should give prospective jurors a copy of this book so that they will understand the jury’s integral role in our democracy.”
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