Litigation
Feb. 19, 2013
The era of 12 jurors may soon be a vestige of the past
California judges and lawyers have considered reducing jury sizes before. This year, it might actually happen because of the ongoing budget crisis and support from the California Judges Association.
The era of 12 jurors may soon be a vestige of the past.
The state's largest association of judges is drafting language for a proposed bill to decrease the number of jurors in low-level criminal trials. The bill would also reduce the number of times lawyers can reject potential jurors without a stated reason - peremptory challenges - in a majority of criminal cases.
In the past, such schemes have ended in...
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