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1. Do juror pressures lead to unfair verdicts?
From a legal standpoint, a defendant is entitled to a verdict that reflects jurors' genuine beliefs, not one made to conform to normative pressures, to end a lengthy deliberation or to meet an implicit deadline imposed by a dynamite charge.
(March 2008)
2. Judicial Notebook--Elders on Death Row
Should age be a basis for execution exemption? In 2003, there were 110 people age 60 or older on death row, more than three times as many as a decade before.
(April 2007)
3. Judicial Notebook--Friends' getting too friendly
Courts may have to consider the meaning of sexual harassment in sexually charged working environments.
(February 2007)
4. Judicial Notebook: Just a game?
Psychologists play a crucial role in video game controversy.
(May 2006)
5. Judicial Notebook--Determining the rights and responsibilities of lesbian parents
Psychological research supports recent California rulings.
(November 2005)
6. Judicial Notebook--Does religion predict juror decisions?
The courts weigh whether jurors can be excluded by peremptory challenge on the basis of religion.
(May 2005)
7. Judicial notebook--Determining the death penalty for juveniles
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court held that execution of a youth who was less than 16 years old at the time of the crime was in violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment (Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815, 1988). The Court relied on an analysis of society's evolving standards of decency to conclude that the juvenile death penalty was in violation of the protections guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
(January 2004)

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