Aug. 20, 2021
The Court of Star Chamber: lessons for judges and counsel
Trial judges and counsel in final argument are well advised, after thanking the jurors for their service, to remind them of their important role in protecting against arbitrary and capricious decisions, both in criminal cases where one’s liberty is at stake, and in civil cases where compensatory and punitive damages are assessed and standards of conduct are at issue.
William M. Crosby
Law Office of William M. CrosbyLabor & Employment
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Loyola Law School
Any trial lawyer worth his or her salt will agree that Winston Churchill's observation regarding democracy -- that it is the "worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time" -- also holds true regarding the jury as a mechanism for assuring justice. This is true not only in criminal cases where the power and resources of the state are brought to bear against the individual, but in civil disputes where jurors personally ...
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