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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors, in Florida case

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The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can use juries made up of only six people in criminal cases, instead of the usual 12. The case puts a Florida chiropractor convicted of practicing with a suspended license in an unlikely leading role in a constitutional clash.

The justices will hear arguments in the fall in the case of Hamed Kian, who argues that a six-person jury violates his constitutional rights.

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