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Page 361
... criminal and civil cases . Some 120,000 jury trials are conducted there annually , more than 90 percent of all jury trials in the world . Use of the jury in the United States depends on two factors : the degree to which it is available ...
... criminal and civil cases . Some 120,000 jury trials are conducted there annually , more than 90 percent of all jury trials in the world . Use of the jury in the United States depends on two factors : the degree to which it is available ...
Page 362
... criminal trials , judge and jury agreed in 78 per- cent of all verdicts . In civil cases the disagreement in the remaining cases was symmetrically split ; in 19 percent of the criminal cases , however , the judge would have con- victed ...
... criminal trials , judge and jury agreed in 78 per- cent of all verdicts . In civil cases the disagreement in the remaining cases was symmetrically split ; in 19 percent of the criminal cases , however , the judge would have con- victed ...
Page 779
... Criminal cases . Both the prosecution and the defense of criminal cases raise special ethical issues . The prosecu- tor represents the state , and the state's concern is not only in convicting the guilty but also in acquitting the inno ...
... Criminal cases . Both the prosecution and the defense of criminal cases raise special ethical issues . The prosecu- tor represents the state , and the state's concern is not only in convicting the guilty but also in acquitting the inno ...
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