The Right To A Free Trial

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a simulated jury, and Hollywood's perception of a
jury will be discussed. The television special, Inside the Jury Room, showed a
videotaping of a real life jury as seen in a small criminal courtroom. The case
was Wisconsin v. Leroy Reed, a criminal trial for the possession of a firearm by
an ex-convict. The simulated jury concerned an ex-military man who shot two
police officers, killing one and seriously injuring another. The police had
broken into his house because there was probable cause to believe he had drugs.
The man shot the officers because he thought they were robbing his house. The
Hollywood version, titled 12 Angry Men, revolved around a teenage boy who was
accused of murdering his father and could possibly lose his life if found guilty.
The topics of jury selection and appearance, the jurors understanding of their
significance, and the deliberation and verdict will be examined for the three
juries.
The actual jury itself, has much bearing on how a verdict will ...

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produce a more educated and
thought-out verdict. In the simulated jury, the jurors were selected randomly
and personal opinions and biases, were not considered. This affected the
decision tremendously. The majority of Maymester students are reverse-transfer
students and tend to be, statistically, more conservative and tough than normal
community college students. Ergo, the verdict was not fairly considered from a
wide array of viewpoints. To the lawyer and the defendant, jury selection is
probably the most important vehicle for attaining a verdict that is favorable to
their position.
One major problem in having average citizens making such important, even
life threatening ...

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