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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs this New York law still binding? Juries in civil cases don't have to be unanimous
Looks like a 1937 law says only 10 of 12 required for a decision:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/1116795#:~:text=Procedure-Five-sixths%20Jury%20Verdicts-New%20York%20Legislation%20of%201937.-%22Unanimous%20verdicts,civil%20case%3B%20and%20no%20jury%20shall%20be%20dis-
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Is this New York law still binding? Juries in civil cases don't have to be unanimous (Original Post)
Goodheart
Sep 2022
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brooklynite
(96,882 posts)1. Answer: correct.
Goodheart
(5,760 posts)2. Make me smile, why dontcha
Tommy Carcetti
(44,446 posts)3. It's not unanimous in a lot of jurisdictions for civil cases.
I know Florida is like that as well.
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)4. lower standard of guilt in civil cases as well.....
I'm not a lawyer, but I've heard it's a preponderance of evidence standard as opposed to beyond a reasonable doubt.
So easier to convict.....
Goodheart
(5,760 posts)7. His goose is cooked.
mobeau69
(12,260 posts)5. Civil case requires a preponderance of the evidence (over 50%) and not the criminal requirement of
beyond a reasonable doubt.
mobeau69
(12,260 posts)6. It's all good!
honest.abe
(9,238 posts)8. Nice!
