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Defending the jury : crime, community, and the Constitution /
"This book sets forth a new approach to twenty-first-century criminal justice and punishment, an approach that fully involves the community and provides a better way to make our criminal process more transparent and inclusive. Using the prism of the Sixth Amendment community jury trial, this bo...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York:
Cambridge university press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. History in the Crucible: Rediscovering the Original Community Right in Criminal Justice. The collective jury right and the Sixth Amendment; The Supreme Court and the reaffirmation of community
- Part II. Old Becomes New: Sixth Amendment Jury Rights and Twenty-First-Century Criminal Procedure. Retribution, restorative justice, and the Sixth Amendment jury right; Defining community in the twenty-first century: cities, counties, and collective action
- Part III. Theory into Practice: Origins and Community in Modern Criminal Procedure. Bail, jail, and the community voice; Infusing community through criminal procedure: the plea jury; Eradicating the bench trial; Restoring the offender to society; Back-end sentencing: the Sixth Amendment and post-prison procedures; Jury nullification and victim rights: going past procedure.