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What happened to trial by jury? - Suja A. Thomas

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In the United States today, juries decide less than 4% of criminal cases and less than 1% of civil cases filed in court. At the same time, jury systems in other countries are growing. So what happened in the US? And could the disappearance of juries be a good thing? Suja A. Thomas explores both sides of this dilemma.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Suja A. Thomas
Director
Hernando Bahamon
Script Editor
Alex Gendler
Animator
Miguel Otálora
Compositor
Jorge Jaramillo
Composer
Manuel Borda
Associate Producer
Jessica Ruby
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Narrator
Pen-Pen Chen

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