The Undeniable Power of Twelve: Why Civil Defendants Should be Slow to Shrink the Jury

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Few rights are as deeply embedded in our body of laws as the right to a trial by jury. This right, which applies to criminal and civil defendants, is enshrined in both the U.S. Constitution and the laws of all 50 states. In North Carolina, Article I, Section 4 of our State Constitution provides: No…