2020 Bills
HB 324: Conviction Integrity Units
This bill establishes guidelines for how prosecutors can set up conviction integrity units to review case that may have been unfairly handled.
Interview
How Juries Can Refuse to Convict People for Breaking an Unjust Law
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited interview with Kirsten Tynan, executive director of the Fully Informed Jury Association. The organization works to informed potential jurors about the nature and importance of...
Personal Freedom
Jury Trials for Termination of Parental Rights
Only five of the 50 states require or permit jury trials for cases where the state is seeking to legally sever a parent-child relationship. The remaining states prohibit the practice, whether through statute, case law, or court...