Jury Duty!

Jury dismisses the case. April 27, 2010.
http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2010/04/28/jury-exonerates-ilr%E2%80%88school-age-sex-discrimination-case

Article III, The Judicial Branch, Section II, Clause III
"The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed."

A district court jury cleared the University of Cornell the charges filed by an ex School of Industrial and Labor Relations senior extension associate. She claimed that because of her age and sex, Cornell decided not to renew her contract. The University of Cornell located in New York, held the trial at a New York City Federal Court.

The Article is an example of Article III, Section II, Clause III of the United States Constitution. The Judicial brach has the power to decide the severity of a case, depending on what the crime is, the trial shall be held by jury. The Article shows that a crime committed in a certain state shall be tried in that same sate, and shall be decided by jury.

The Judicial Branch having the power to try people with the assistance of a jury is a very useful tool to have. In the early stages of the United States people would be tried and sentenced based off the opinion of the judge or the highest members in the social ranks. In present day United States they let the jury decide the case. The jury normally consists of people who have no relations with the criminal or person being tried, allowing there to be a fair trial. I am glad that we have the power to let the people decide the outcome of a case. I feel the jury does a great job of using the evidence given to decide whether a case should be dismissed or whether someone is guilty as they did in the Cornell case.