Civil Litigation,
Law Practice
Nov. 17, 2012
Six happy jurors, pt. 2
Are 12 jurors really necessary? Explore the possibility of reducing the size of civil and misdemeanor juries in California.
Kirk H. Nakamura
Judge (ret.), JAMS
Duke University School of Law, 1980
Judge Nakamura is chair of the ADR/Mediation Committee, and a member of both the Grand Jury Selection Committee and the Jury Orientation Committee.
Is a 12-Person Jury an Anachronism?
The Supreme Court decisions in Williams and Colgrove spurred a plethora of research and articles protesting smaller juries. (Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78, 103 (1970); Colgrove v. Battin, 413 U.S. 149, 158 (1973).) The decisions have been criticized for their reliance on six "flawed" experiments to determine that there were no significant differences between six and 12-person juries. American College of ...
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