PBS Origins 's video: Why Are There 12 People on a Jury

Check out Antarctic Extremes on PBS Terra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRAuy1ZmTc When picturing a jury, you probably imagine 12 people - no more, no less. But did you know there is no hard and fast rule about how many members are required on a jury? Today, Danielle looks at the differences between petit and grand juries and the historical accidents that have lead many to believe that juries MUST have twelve members. Special thanks to our Historian Harry Brisson on Patreon! Join them at https://www.patreon.com/originofeverything Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios --- Follow us on... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originofeverythingpbs/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pbsoriginofeverything/?hl=en --- Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started. Works Cited: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/06/aba-asks-supreme-court/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/06/25/a-jury-of-13/ https://lifehacker.com/the-most-common-myths-about-voter-registration-debunke-1829497517 https://www.thoughtco.com/can-nonregistered-voters-skip-jury-duty-3367687 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_v._Louisiana https://www.insidescience.org/news/mathematics-jury-size https://www.uscourts.gov/services-forms/jury-service/types-juries https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/11/weekinreview/the-nation-why-a-jury-can-be-12-even-6-but-not-5.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/jurysize.html https://www.opb.org/news/article/supreme-court-non-unanimous-jury-oregon/ https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_cae52b78-3812-57ae-8676-ea4dc3a5d3d0.html https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/ramos-v-louisiana-does-the-14th-amendment-require-unanimous-jury-verdicts https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_35ef27e4-e7b5-11e9-8844-57c73a50a4f0.html https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/jury-duty-is-the-next-big-step-for-felons-rights/ https://law.jrank.org/pages/1434/Jury-Legal-Aspects-Selecting-jurors.html https://daily.jstor.org/trial-by-combat-trial-by-cake/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45799443 https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/henryii_law_01.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_consequences_of_criminal_conviction http://www.uniformlaws.org/ActSummary.aspx?title=collateral%20Consequences%20of%20Conviction%20Act https://apnews.com/50fb651b7fb84221887f8a7534a87fff https://www.oyez.org/cases/1969/927 Thomas Aiello (2015) Jim Crow’s Last Stand: The non-unanimous jury verdict in the state of Louisiana Lawrence Rosen (2006) Law as Culture Karen E Hayden (2019) Society & Law