How Much Justice Hangs in the Balance? A New Look at Hung Jury Rates

Authors

Paula Hannaford-Agor, National Center for State CourtsFollow
Valerie P. Hans, University of Delaware
G. Thomas Munsterman, National Center for State Courts

Abstract

This article discusses what is currently known about hung juries based on exist­ing empirical research and examines some preliminary data about the contempo­rary incidence of hung juries in the federal courts and several state courts. The paucity of information on hung jury rates highlights the need for a rigor­ous and system-wide examination that extends beyond the scope of the jury itself and encompasses the insti­tutional characteristics of each juris­diction and how those characteristics affect the types of cases that are pre­sented to juries.

This abstract has been taken from the authors' introduction.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1999

Publication Information

83 Judicature 59-67 (1999)

Repository Citation

Hannaford-Agor, Paula; Hans, Valerie P.; and Munsterman, G. Thomas, "How Much Justice Hangs in the Balance? A New Look at Hung Jury Rates" (1999). Faculty Publications. 2363.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/2363