Juries

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Sciences & Technology

How convincing is a Y-chromosome profile match?

A new way of presenting Y chromosome evidence in court clarifies the sometimes misleading DNA arguments used in sexual assault cases

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Politics & Society

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Book extract

Trial by Ouija Board: When jurors misbehave

In his new book, Professor Jeremy Gans explores a famous case of juror misconduct from the 1990s, and its ongoing implications for the trial-by-jury system

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Politics & Society

Judge, jury and Google

How digitally-connected jurors are creating new challenges for the courts as they play amateur detective

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Politics & Society

Governments have lost the art of involving the people

Democracy is not in crisis – it is just that governments have lost the art of talking to people about their concerns and involving them in the solutions

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