This month's Recorder column from Justice Bedsworth is The 13th Juror, which has nothing to do with new trial motions, and everything to do with evaluating the jury system and sharing a great story. Beds notes that jurors "aren't perfect--any more than the doctors and bridge-builders and airline pilots to whom we daily entrust our lives are perfect." But in his assessment, jurors get it "right about 98% of the time."
Even in the 21st Century, Daniel Webster still wins in court! (SCAN-fan Richard Antognini comments that the published portion of this opinion, dealing with appellate jurisdiction, is "a fascinating and frightening discussion of when a notice of appeal must be filed in an anti-SLAPP case," and would be a great model case for the appellate specialization exam!) [Webster gets some play here too -- at least his dictionary.]
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