Among people who support the death penalty in Florida, there’s appetite for non-unanimity on juries because it would’ve meant the execution of the Parkland school shooter.

Source: https://jezebel.com/dillbeck-desantis-death-penalty-non-unanimous-jury-1850155934

And juries are very conscientious.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/alec-baldwins-fatal-rust-case-has-strong-arguments-on-both-sides-the-crow-producers-lawyer-says-2023-02-04.html

And when I do that, I discover that D.C. juries have convicted 97.3 percent of the time while judges have convicted 88 percent of the time.

Source: https://www.lawfareblog.com/are-jan-6-defendants-getting-fair-shake-dc-juries-comparing-jury-and-bench-trial-outcomes

At least seven bodies so far have said they would boycott the pilot and the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association slammed the proposals, saying: “No other civilised country dispenses with juries in such cases.

Source: https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/solicitors-slam-juryless-rape-trials-saying-no-other-civili-313321/

Dozens of others have been convicted after trials decided by juries or judges.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/24/judge-convicts-capitol-rioter-who-yelled-pelosi-threats/

Grand juries have long been criticised as little more than rubber stamps for prosecutors.

Source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-41098807.html

I’d met people who would go on to become my mentors, like David Oyelowo and Emma Thompson, I was able to be part of juries and give back to members of my own community by mentoring younger students.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/hayley-atwell-interview-mission-impossible-b2371219.html

Increasingly, juries were not believing what they were being told by police officers.

Source: https://www.irishpost.com/comment/policing-the-police-250876

It has been another busy year for judges, juries and magistrates across Sussex.

Source: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/crime/locked-up-in-sussex-2023-these-are-some-of-the-criminals-jailed-between-january-and-april-4442794

It’s unclear which one of those grand juries would hear Willis’ election case.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/07/a-grand-jury-being-seated-tuesday-could-decide-whether-trump-is-charged-over-georgias-2020-election/

It would be interesting to see a study following up blacks who win these kind of absurdly large payouts from dimwitted juries in discrimination lawsuits.

Source: https://vdare.com/posts/reparations-by-jury

Jason Williams, the Orleans Parish district attorney, made it a promise of his campaign to look at all cases with people convicted by non-unanimous juries.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-09-27/louisiana-nonunanimous-jury-retroactive-racism-state-constitution

Judges will shut that shiat down quick to keep juries from hearing it.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12812758?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

Mind you, special grand juries like this one only investigate; they cannot issue indictments.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/georgia-trump-grand-jury-report-suggests-indictments-perjury.html?via=rss

Now under Georgia law, that special grand jury didn’t have the power to indict in the way that other grand juries have the ability to hand up indictments.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-david-french.html

Of course, juries are the exception in our courts today.

Source: https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/victims-witnesses-and-justice-reform-scotland-bill-we-should-modernise-our-19th-century-rape-laws-not-scrap-jury-trials-to-improve-low-conviction-rate-tom-wood-4132409

Personally, I think that life is incredibly nuanced and that judges and juries should be able to sentence convicted persons in "shades of gray."

Source: https://kfyo.com/ixp/157/p/texas-senate-approves-mandatory-minimum-bill-raises-gun-rights-concerns/

Special grand juries are rare in Georgia.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/14/trump-georgia-grand-jury-political-fate

That trend has created a more complicated path for prosecutors, who must prove criminal intent to convince juries to convict DePape and the Jan.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/15/paul-pelosi-jan-6-riot-00127267

The Festival also revealed members of the juries.

Source: https://worldscreen.com/monte-carlo-television-festival-reveals-golden-nymph-nominees-0523/