All Articles tagged jury instructions

• Justice Commentaries
  May 11, 2021 EDT
  Criminal Jury Instructions: A Case Study
  Michael D. Cicchini

  This Article explores the importance of jury instructions and provides a legal strategy to modify the Wisconsin jury instructions, recently revealed to have been drafted by University of Wisconsin-Madison employees.

• Justice Commentaries
  September 27, 2020 EDT
  ADRIFT IN THE INTERSTICES OF LAW AND JUSTICE: DIVINING RIGHT AND WRONG IN THE SAD, STRANGE CASE OF PEOPLE V. SCHMIDT
  James R. Acker

  If the question is whether Hans Schmidt’s conviction and execution were defensible in law and also consistent with justice, the answers, at a minimum, are debatable.