Why do criminal trials generally have 12 jurors and two alternate jurors?
A) The Williams v.Florida decision mandated that number.
B) This number reduces the likelihood that there will be a hung jury.
C) It was a historical accident that has been maintained through tradition.
D) It is the number required by federal law.
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