Tag: Law

  • Jury Deliberation and Social Dynamics

    Jury Deliberation and Social Dynamics

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    Jury deliberations split into two camps—pro-plaintiff and pro-defendant—while a shifting group of undecided jurors kept us deadlocked. The pro-plaintiff side argued their case, but the pro-defendant group largely refused to explain their stance beyond insisting the defendant did nothing wrong. In the end, we reached a compromise: a small financial award, not as compensation, but…

  • Are courts really fair?

    Are courts really fair?

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    Sitting in a jury selection room, I kept hearing the same question: Can you be fair? The word “fair” carries emotional weight, yet the court seems to use it as a stand-in for impartiality. But can a juror truly judge laws they don’t fully understand? Observing the process, I realized fairness is more complex than…