Jury Deliberation

Jury Deliberation
	THE AMERICAN JURY BULWARK OF DEMOCRACY		About the Project Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago Chicago Historical Society National Endowment for the Humanities
AN ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE
Lessons and Activities Jury Trials for the Classroom Resources from the Chicago Historical Society Web Resources Print Resources Site Index HISTORY AND PURPOSE Origins of the American Jury Formation of the American Jury STRUCTURE Introduction to Trial by Jury Grand Jury Right of the Accused to Trial by Jury Jury Selection: Voir Dire Jury of One's Peers Jury Deliberation ISSUES Evidence Jury Nullification Jury Trials and the Media Jury Damage Awards Comparative Jury Systems FUTURE Jury in American Society Jury Reform Future of the American Jury		The final phase of a jury's work is also its most mysterious. Both jury selection and the jury trial are, except in unusual cases, held in open court. Jury deliberations, by contrast, are absolutely secret. There are no prescribed procedures for juries to follow, and they are left to themselves in a locked room, guarded by the court, to reach a verdict based only on their judgment of the evidence presented. The jury is neither required nor allowed to offer their reasoning in court. They are asked only for their verdict. What happens in the jury room? How can citizens prepare themselves to deliberate fairly and justly? This section of "The American Jury" offers several lessons and resources to understand the process of jury deliberation. Included are simulations of jury deliberations, some based on actual court cases. Also included is an exclusive video of actual juries in Arizona deliberating, produced by CBS News in cooperation with the American Bar Association. Finally, there are classroom resources and a student project concerning the classic film study of the jury, 12 Angry Men.		LIST OF LESSONS Jury Duty Experience How Close Is Close Enough? Using the Jury to Teach through Civil Discourse Rules for Civil Conversations Classroom Worksheets for 12 Angry Men A People's Voice on the American Jury System and the Twelve Angry Men Who Inspired It LINKS TO RELEVANT SITES Behind Closed Doors: A Guide for Jury Deliberations Viewers Will Witness Actual Jury Deliberations in Four Arizona Trials Poll Says Jury Service Leads to Fairness
		PRINT RESOURCES American Judicature Society. Behind Closed Doors: A Guide for Jury Deliberations (1999). Constitutional Rights Foundation. Criminal Justice In America (1993), pp. 110-135. Poll Says Jury Service Leads to Fairness, The National Law Journal (February 28, 2002) SELECTED VIDEO RESOURCES 12 Angry Men (1957). CBS Reports. Enter the Jury Room [April 16, 1997], Tel: 800/542-5621.
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