Can Judges Change the Verdict of a Runaway Jury? [POLICYbrief]
Short video featuring Clark Neily
Topics: | Constitution |
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Perhaps you've heard of the term “runaway jury,” but what does it mean? Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice at the CATO Institute explains the role of judges in civil cases and outlines how judges can play a bigger role in reining in runaway jury verdicts.
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Differing Views:
“Deep Pocket Jurisprudence” and Meaningful Civil Justice Reform
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/podcasts/deep-pocket-jurisprudence-and-meaningful-civil-justice-reform-podcast
Media Reporting of Jury Verdicts: Is the Tail (of the Distribution) Wagging the Dog?
https://escholarship.org/content/qt7bh6914b/qt7bh6914b.pdf
Empirical Research and Civil Jury Reform
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Research on Tort Reform
https://www.rand.org/topics/tort-reform.html