Jury trials
are in decline.

What are the implications?

“Trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.”

James Madison

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Nov 10, 2017 Understanding Bias: Preserving Peremptory Challenges, Preventing their Discriminatory Use, and Providing Fairer and More Impartial Juries

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Jury trials are in decline.

What are the implications?

Jury trials
are in decline.