Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of
the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack.
Recent changes to trial procedures, such as reducing jury size,
allowing non-unanimous verdicts, and rewriting jury instructions in
plain English, were designed to promote greater efficiency and
adherence to the law. Other changes, such as capping damages and
replacing jurors with judges as arbiters in complex trials, seem...
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