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Peer reviewedLandman, James H. – Social Education, 2005
We often hear that democracy is not a spectator sport. This is certainly true of trial by jury, a cornerstone of our democracy, which depends on the willingness of Americans from all walks of life to devote themselves to the difficult work of determining another person's guilt or innocence of a crime. But the work of those citizens selected to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Mass Media Effects, Justice, Constitutional Law
