JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

A blog about the very small percentage of jurors who fail to follow the judge's instructions, including doing independent Internet research, using social media (such as Facebook) to contact parties and lawyers, and blogging about the trial. Juror misconduct frequently results in mistrials and a waste of resources. Links will be provided to sample jury summonses, jury instructions, and other resources to improve juror education and minimize juror misconduct, thereby promoting fairness of trials.

Friday, April 4, 2014

Article "Neuro-Voir Dire and the Architecture of Bias" as Applied to Jurors

Law Prof. Dov Fox offers a new approach in looking at juror bias and argues that the court "should limit the interrogation and disqualification of prospective jurors to personal interests in the case...and to case-specific beliefs." Brain scanning of jurors for bias?

LINK: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2416627&download=yes

JURORS BEHAVING BADLY

Friday, April 4, 2014

Article "Neuro-Voir Dire and the Architecture of Bias" as Applied to Jurors

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