#SCOTUS declines to decide if 12-person juries shd be req'd for state felony cases
States eg #Florida have used 6-person juries since 1977. They have 5,000 cases now on appeal to show for it.
It's #Florida. Common sense not a strong suit.
Ditto constitutionality or justice.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/supreme-court-juries-state-felony-cases/index.html
@ginaintheburg but that's how the US works: different states have wide latitude to design their procedures in whatever way best suits their populations and communities.
Heck, if FL doesn't have much common sense, it only makes sense that their government would reflect that :)
SCOTUS didn't really have jurisdiction in a case like this. It was right for them to stay out of it, since there weren't really federal issues at hand.
