What is getting better in the American jury system? What is getting worse? How do intersecting topics such as plea bargaining, asset forfeiture, acquitted conduct sentencing, etc. affect our jury rights?
For the third year in a row, a panel of experts will update you on the state of the American jury system today. We'll pay special attention to how things as they are now compare to the state of things in the last two years and pre-pandemic.
You'll hear from:
• Clark Neily, senior vice president for legal studies at the Cato Institute,
• Catherine Bernard, FIJA Georgia state contact and a public defender with Bernard and Johnson, LLC,
• Jay Schweikert, research fellow with the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice,
• Mike Maharrey, national communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center, and
• Kirsten Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association
