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Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors, in Florida case
The Supreme Court will determine if states can use six-person juries in criminal cases instead of 12, focusing on the case of Hamed Kian, a Florida chiropractor convicted by a six-person jury. The decision could affect Florida and five other states that use smaller juries for non-death penalty cases. Kian's lawyers argue this violates the Sixth Amendment, while Florida's attorney general defends the 1970 ruling allowing six-person juries.
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