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Juries and Jury Instructions
Jury trial innovations
313 pages. Updated by new edition.
Jury Trial Innovations brings you up-to-date on the most recent techniques and ideas for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of jury trials. This monograph, which takes its organization from the stages of a typical jury trial, discusses the dynamics of jury decision making and reviews jury trial innovations used in state and federal courts across the country. Topics include "How to Relieve Juror Boredom," "Routine Use of Anonymous Juries," "Juror Questions to Witnesses," and "Post-verdict Debriefings with the Trial Judge."