2006-10-21 21:24:20 · 6 answers · asked by Laurel 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Don't you think that's enough? anymore and we'll never get a verdict because it would take ages to resolve...
2006-10-21 21:26:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jaylaw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually there is 12! The person above me is right, there are 1 or 2 alternates depending on state!You should read this to Bush as he can't read!!
Iy originally came from the Magna Carte and the US Supreme court!
When the Magna Carta declares that no freeman should be deprived of life, etc., ‘but by the judgment of his peers or by the law of the land,’ it referred to a trial by twelve jurors.” In another case, the Supreme Court stated: “trial by jury in the primary and usual sense of the term at the common law and in the American constitutions is not merely a trial by a jury of twelve men before an officer vested with authority to cause them to be empanelled, to administer oaths to them and to the constable in charge, and to enter judgment and issue execution on their verdict; but it is a trial by a jury of twelve men, in the presence and under the superintendence of a judge empowered to instruct them on the law and to advise them on the facts.” Capital Traction Company v. Hof, 174 US 1.
2006-10-21 21:44:39 · answer #2 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In many states in civil actions, only 6 jurors are required.
2006-10-21 21:34:43 · answer #3 · answered by mattapan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually there are twelve and two alternatives for emergencies.
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2006-10-21 21:30:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because JC had 12 apostles so they went with 12.
2006-10-21 22:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because 13 is an unlucky number?
2006-10-21 21:27:52 · answer #6 · answered by backinbowl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋