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Business Law 12th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller ,Frank Cross
Edition 12ISBN: 978-1111530594Business Law 12th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller ,Frank Cross
Edition 12ISBN: 978-1111530594 Exercise 17
To watch this chapter's video, Twelve Angry Men, go to www.cengagebrain.com and register your access code that came with your new book or log in to your existing Cengage account. Select the link for the "Business Law Digital Video Library Online Access" or "Business Law CourseMate." Click on "Complete Video List," view Video 70, and then answer the following questions:
(a) The jurors are deliberating on whether to convict the defendant. One juror says that at the beginning of the trial he felt that the defendant was guilty and that "nobody proved otherwise." Does a criminal defendant have to offer evidence of his or her innocence? What must the prosecution show to establish that a defendant is guilty? How does the burden of proof differ in criminal and civil cases?
(b) It is clear that all of the jurors except one (Henry Fonda) believe that the defendant is guilty. How many jurors does it usually take to render a verdict in a criminal case?
(c) When the holdout juror says that under the U.S. Constitution "the defendant does not even have to open his mouth," to which provision is he referring?
(d) Is it wrong for a group of jurors to bully or persuade another juror of the defendant's guilt or innocence? Explain.
(a) The jurors are deliberating on whether to convict the defendant. One juror says that at the beginning of the trial he felt that the defendant was guilty and that "nobody proved otherwise." Does a criminal defendant have to offer evidence of his or her innocence? What must the prosecution show to establish that a defendant is guilty? How does the burden of proof differ in criminal and civil cases?
(b) It is clear that all of the jurors except one (Henry Fonda) believe that the defendant is guilty. How many jurors does it usually take to render a verdict in a criminal case?
(c) When the holdout juror says that under the U.S. Constitution "the defendant does not even have to open his mouth," to which provision is he referring?
(d) Is it wrong for a group of jurors to bully or persuade another juror of the defendant's guilt or innocence? Explain.
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