The Jury's Out; How 12 Reasonable People Got Hung Up on Reasonable Doubt From: The Washington Post | Date: June 26, 2005| Author: | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

I'd read about the "CSI effect," of course -- how the trendy TV show about a crack team of crime scene investigators has juries from coast to coast expecting fancy forensic evidence that will seal a defendant's guilt or innocence. But I was still surprised when it reared its troublesome head in our jury room last week.

I mean, it's one thing to hear the jury foreman in the Robert Blake trial declare that the has-been actor had been found not guilty of shooting and killing his wife because there was "no GSR" (that's gun shot residue, for you non-"CSI" fans) on his hands to nail him beyond a ...

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