In Some States,the Government Can Use Six-Person Juries on Misdemeanor

question 19

True/False

In some states,the government can use six-person juries on misdemeanor cases.

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Definitions:

Legislative Branch

The branch of government responsible for creating laws, typically consisting of a parliament or a similar body divided into chambers or houses.

Executive Branch

The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch.

Judicial Branch

One of the three branches of the U.S. government, responsible for interpreting the laws and the Constitution, and comprised of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.

Presidential Election of 1876

A highly contested election where Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner over Samuel J. Tilden after a compromise that effectively ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South.