Justice Gorsuch Calls for Revisiting Florida's Six-Member Jury Law

Supreme Court declines to review cases challenging the constitutionality of non-12-member juries in serious criminal trials.

Justice Neil Gorsuch dissented from the Supreme Court's decision not to hear the Cunningham v. Florida case.
Gorsuch argues that the Sixth Amendment historically guarantees a 12-member jury for serious criminal offenses.
Florida, along with five other states, allows six- or eight-member juries for felony cases.
Florida officials maintain that their jury practices have been in place since 1877 and fulfill constitutional duties.
Approximately 5,000 criminal convictions are pending appeal in Florida due to this jury size issue.