Abstract
Between 2004 and 2006 the National Center for State Courts conducted three related studies of jury practices in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Combined, the studies make up the State-of-the-States Survey of Jury Improvement Efforts, a first-ever effort to survey the entire field of jury issues and practices from state and local jury reform and improvement efforts to in-court use of tools aimed at improving juror comprehension and participation-including note-taking, juror questions and providing jurors with written instructions. The resulting data sets are available in full online, allowing users to review their own states' practices in comparison both to those of other states and of nationwide trends. This article, authored by the principal investigators on this path-breaking study, summarizes the major findings of the State-of-the-States Survey and highlights ways in which its data can be mined to assist state and local efforts at jury improvement.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Information
1 Journal of Court Innovation 189 (2008)
Repository Citation
Mize, Gregory E. and Hannaford-Agor, Paula, "Jury Trial Innovations across America: What We Are Teaching and Learning from Each Other" (2008). Faculty Publications. 2342.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2342