Another viewpoint on juries

Article Abstract:

A poll of former jurors in four complex antitrust cases was compared to a National Law Journal post-trial juror poll. The two agreed on jury attentiveness to lawyers' performance and intolerance of arrogance. Both polls showed that in civil cases jurors make their decisions before closing arguments. While half of the respondents to the National Law Journal poll felt that objections were used to conceal something, respondents to the other poll saw them as characteristic of the adversary system. The two polls also differed on the clarity of instructions to juries.

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Racial divide affects black, white panelists

Article Abstract:

The National Law Journal/Lexis poll of 1992 jurors found Afro-Americans of the opinion that the judicial system discriminates against them. Views shared by both black and white included doubts about capital punishment for intentional murder and rejection of criminal evidence given by law enforcement personnel. A majority of those surveyed felt that the policemen in the Rodney King case should have been convicted.

Public opinion, Discrimination in justice administration, Justice discrimination

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