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Links| CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, Section 19 Challenges & number of
jurors. Adopted: December 22, 1972 by a popular vote of 381,895
in favor and 156,072 against. We have passed legislation which
reduces the number of jurors to six in all civil cases We are
trying to clear up the court dockets, but we do not want to
proceed too quickly --Senator Jackson speaking on the floor of
the Connecticut Senate on May 17, 1971 to explain a proposed
constitutional amendment which would preserve the right to
peremptory challenges for all civil and criminal cases and which
retains the right to be tried by a jury of twelve in capital
offenses.