Wait...Is That Legal?
A Podcast about TV Shows and Movies and the legal issues they raise. Each episode looks at a legal topic presented in a Movie or TV Show and analyzes it based on the real laws where the episode or movie is set.
Wait...Is That Legal?
The People v. "the Kid"
Re: 12 Angry Men (1957), Veronica Mars (2004)/Juries
Sources:
Declaration of Independence (1776).
U. S. Constitution, Art. III §2; Amends. 5, 6, 14 §1.
Ballew v. Georgia, 435 U.S. 223 (1978).
Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145 (1968).
Smith v. Texas, 311 U.S. 128 (1940).
Sparf v. U.S., 156 U.S. 51 (1895).
Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970).
Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280 (1978).
Judicial Council of California Criminal Jury Instructions. CALCRIM No. 101, 103 (2023 Ed.).
CJI2d NY Model Instructions Final – Jury Admonitions, Reasonable Doubt. New York Model Criminal Jury Instructions (2020 Ed.).
Death Penalty Information Center, “New York,” https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-and-federal-info/state-by-state/new-york
John Conway, “Not Until 1937 Could Women Serve On Juries in New York,” New York Almanack. (April 5, 2023), https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/04/sullivan-countys-first-juror-of-the-fair-sex/
Written, Researched, and Recorded by Céleste Young, 2024.
Music: Out On My Skateboard - Mini Vandals
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