Juror Creed
I am a JUROR.
I am a seeker after truth.
I must listen carefully and with concentration to all of the evidence.
I must heed and follow the instructions of the Court.
I must respectfully and attentively follow the arguments of the lawyers, dispassionately seeking to find and follow the silver thread of truth through their conflicting assertions.
I must lay aside all bias and prejudice.
I must be led by my intelligence and not by my emotions.
I must respect the opinions of my fellow jurors, as they must respect mine, and in a spirit of tolerance and understanding must endeavor to bring the deliberations of the whole jury to agreement upon a verdict:...but
I must never assent to a verdict which violates the instructions of the Court or which finds as a fact that which, under the evidence and in my conscience, I believe to be untrue.
In fine, I must apply the Golden Rule by putting myself impartially in the place of the plaintiff, and of the defendant, remembering that although I am a juror today passing upon the rights of others, tomorrow I may be a litigant whose rights other jurors shall pass upon.
My verdict must do justice, for what is just is "true and righteous altogether"; and when my term of jury service is ended, I must leave it with my citizenship unsullied and my conscience clear.