UD scholar tells CBS and the ABA what makes juries tick
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Barbara Garrison (302) 831-1964 or (302) 831-2791
How can one jury set O.J. Simpson free and another find him libel for the same crime? What does one jury see and hear when it acquits the police officers who beat Rodney King while another finds them guilty?
"CBS Reports" wants to know; so on Wednesday, April 16, it will run a two-hour documentary titled, "Enter the Jury Room," which follows jury deliberations in three trials in an attempt to uncover how jurors think and act.
For the documentary, the news crew turned to Valerie Hans, a University of Delaware professor of criminal justice who is nationally known for her expertise on how jurors interact. She is one of the experts interviewed by Ed Bradley for Wednesday's program.
The next day, on Thursday, April 17, the American Bar Association will host a roundtable discussion in Washington, D.C, about the "CBS Reports" segment, and Hans will be a member of that panel.
Hans is the author of "Judging the Jury," which examines jury deliberations in a number of cases. She is currently working on a book tentatively titled, "Citizens vs Corporations," which focuses on how juries interact in complicated civil trials that pit corporations against individuals and corporations against each other.
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