NCSC Reports and Articles
Mott, Nicole.
Jury Size.
(May 2003).
The debate is ongoing about the advantages and disadvantages of reducing jury size. The U.S. Supreme Court first addressed the issue of jury size thirty years ago. Two Supreme Court opinions (Williams decided in 1970 and Colgrove in 1973) found that a jury comprising six as opposed to twelve members does not violate a defendant's constitutional rights to a fair and impartial jury.
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