Jury Ethics

John Kleinig is Director of the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics and Professor of Philosophy at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). His books include Discretion, Community, and Correctional Ethics, coedited with Margaret Leland Smith (Rowman & Littlefield 2004), and From Social Justice to Criminal Justice, coedited with William C. Heffernan (Oxford 2000). James P. Levine is Dean of Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Government at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). He is the author of Juries and Politics (Pacific Grove 1992).

Chapter 1 Introduction: Ethical Foundations of the American Criminal Jury, John Kleinig, James P. Levine; Chapter 2 Ethical Reciprocity: The Obligations of Citizens and Courts to Promote Participation in Jury Service, Paula L. Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman; An Ethical Framework for Jury Selection: Enhancing Voir Dire Conditions, Julie E. Howe; Chapter 3 Jurors’ Duties, Obligations, and Rights: The Ethical/Moral Roots of Discretion, Norman J. Finkel; Who’s the We? Toward a Framework for Understanding and Evaluating Critiques of the American Jury, Adina Schwartz; Chapter 4 The Constitutional and Ethical Implications of “Must-Find-the-Defendant-Guilty” Jury Instructions, B. Michael Dann; When Ethics and Empirics Are Entwined: A Response to Judge Dann’s Nullification Proposals, Shari Seidman Diamond; Chapter 5 Mercy and Morals: The Ethics of Nullification, Alan W. Scheflin; The Truth of Nullification: A Response to Professor Scheflin, Candace McCoy; Chapter 6 Jury Deliberation: Fair and Foul, Jeffrey Abramson; The Ethics of Jury Room Politics: A Response to Jeffrey Abramson, James P. Levine; Chapter 7 Ethics for the Ex-Juror: Guiding Former Jurors after the Trial, Nancy J. King; When Jurors Talk about Their Verdict, Neil Vidmar; Chapter 8 Jury Research Ethics and the Integrity of Jury Deliberations, Valerie P. Hans; What Price Knowledge? A Response to Professor Hans’s Inquiry into the Ethics of Invading the Sanctity of the Jury Room, Maureen O’Connor;