How Juries Work: And How They Could Work Better

The majority of common law jurisdictions, and some civil law jurisdictions, use juries composed of citizens drawn from the general population to deliberate and reach collective verdicts in criminal cases. Juries are relied on to use their collective judgment to reach verdicts that accord with normative legal goals; for example, by being accurate and fair.

How Juries Work suggests that, though important symbolically, the current jury system is not necessarily well designed to meet the demands...