The jury's rise as lie detector. From: Yale Law Journal | Date: December 1, 1997| Author: Fisher, George | COPYRIGHT 1997 Yale University, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In the history most often told, the criminal trial jury has steadily surrendered power and prerogative. First cast as a group of roving decisionmakers without real judicial oversight, the jury gave up its lawmaking portfolio to judges, who then crabbed its factfinding mission as well. Professor Fisher tells a contrary history that focuses on the jury's expanding role as judge of witness credibility. In the jury's early centuries, the system put its faith not in the power of the jury to detect...

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