Jury Nullification the Evoluton of a Doctirne - Softcover

Conrad, Clay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0890897026 ISBN 13: 9780890897027

Verlag: Carolina Academic Pr, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Juries have been delivering independent verdicts in the interest of justice for over 800 years, and many historians and scholars believe the value of juries is their power to act as the "conscience of the community," serving as the final check and balance on government in the moment of truth. If juries are nothing more than rubber stamps, they are no limit on government's power to pass unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws, and citizens are entirely at the mercy of sometimes jaded or corrupt courts and legislatures. This was what the Founding Fathers feared, and this is the reason why they guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution -- more than any other right. In Jury Nullification, author Clay Conrad examines the history, the law, and the practical and political implications of jury independence, examining in depth the role of nullification in capital punishment law, the dark side of jury nullification in Southern lynching and civil rights cases, and the purpose and effect of the juror's oath. The book concludes with an examination of what trial lawyers can do when nullification is the best available defense. This book should be of interest to historians, trial lawyers, criminologists, political scientists, and anyone interested in knowing how our criminal justice system works -- and how to make it better.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Carolina Academic Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0890897026
• ISBN 13: 9780890897027
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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