A JURY OF PEERS

The frequent inquiries received at our Chicago offices about juvenile juries prompted us to allot some space to it here. To date the National Council has taken no position on their use. A study done in 1965 by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency of eighteen teen-age juries showed many of the claims made on behalf of the teen-age jury—for example, that it gives a teen-ager “a fair trial by a jury of his peers”—are dubious. “The juvenile jury lacks legal foundation and signifies a de facto surrender of judicial authority and responsibility. No substantial evidence was found to support the assertion that the teen-age jury reduces juvenile delinquency and youth crime. The procedure perpetuates the archaic and unsound practice of jury sentencing long abandoned, even for criminal cases, in all but a few states.”     

USING A JURY SIMULATION AS A CLASSROOM EXERCISE

The authors' empirical research project considers the effects of differences in actual legal rules on jury decisions and, concurrently, gives business students the opportunity to participate in a realistic jury experience. The project uses actual trial evidence to produce a videotaped simulated trial presentation thereby insuring that the testimony, legal arguments, jury instructions and facts are realistic. To date, approximately 2,000 business students have participated in the simulation, under the supervision of 13 different Academy members at 11 different universities. This article describes the project and its curricular benefits within the context of an introductory course in law.     

THE EFFECTS OF SELECTION SYSTEM ON JURY COMPOSITION

The Supreme Court and judicial scholars have argued that the demographic composition of grand and petit juries is important. To the extent that composition is a function of the selection system used, this suggests that the method of selecting grand and petit jurors is important. This article tests the link between selection system and composition by comparing the representation of blacks, Mexican-Americans, and women on grand juries selected by commissioners with the same three classes' representation on grand juries selected at random from the voter registration lists. For these jurisdictions, only female representation is consistently higher under random selection procedures.     

用斑点ELISA方法检测p30确证人类精斑

作者建立了检测精浆特异性抗原p30的斑点ELISA试验方法,确证人类精斑。p30最小检出量为0.4ng。用该法盲测了室温存放1年的生物性斑痕180例,无一例假阳性和假阴性,证明用此法确证人类精斑的敏感性和特异性均优于传统的方法,具有操作简便、快速,检材用量小,结果准确等优点。     

早期心肌梗死心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白的免疫组化观察

应用免疫组化LSAB法，对34例尸检心脏标本，进行心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白用于早期心肌梗死死后诊断的研究。其中尸检及组织学证实心肌梗死5例，其心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白均呈阳性。冠状动脉有硬化或冠状动脉口狭窄的可疑心肌梗死18例，其中15例心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白阳性。非心性死亡对照组11例，心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白均呈阴性。实验表明，心肌细胞内纤维连接蛋白免疫组化观察在急性心肌梗死，尤其是早期心肌梗死死后诊断上具有重要价值，为早期心肌梗死的死后诊断提供了一个实用方法。     

大鼠乌头碱中毒心肌酶的研究(Ⅲ)——线粒体NADHD的组织化学和细胞化学研究

本文用组织化学和细胞化学方法分别对乌头碱染毒后不同时间组大鼠心肌NADHD进行了光镜和电镜观察。结果表明:乌头碱染毒后30分钟,2小时和4小时的大鼠心肌NADHD活性明显降低并有定位改变,而染毒后12、24小时的心肌NADHD活性有所回升。证实产能较多的NADH氧化呼吸链在乌头碱中毒时受到抑制。