Though their members change each year, juries share a collectively unconscious memory and tend to spread the largesse around.

Legal experts say that juries in capital cases tend to be more lenient.

That's because urban juries tend to favor plaintiffs and there are some very aggressive trial lawyers.

Professor Barcelo said juries tended to make particularly high awards in controversial cases.

"When they are raised, juries still tend to roll their eyes and convict."

But grand juries tend to follow the suggestions of prosecutors.

Convictions are rare partly because police officers must make split-second decisions, and juries tend to give them the benefit of the doubt.

"Judges and juries tend to take into account how the attorney looks."

"Painting is still painting, and the jury tends to respond to that."

In recent years, juries have tended to accept the officers' accounts without question.