Encouraging Equitable Verdicts? The Impact of the Allen Charge on Jury Trial Outcomes.

Focuses on a study which analyzed criminal cases in the U.S. involving the Allen charge, a supplemental jury instruction issued by a federal judge, appealed from 1964 to March 1999. Origin of the Allen charge; Methodology of the study; Facts about the defendants' gender and race; Data on mean jury deliberation time prior to the issuance of the Allen charge; Types of crime committed.