Supreme Court will decide whether criminal cases must have 12 jurors, in Florida case (opens original article in a new tab)

Supreme Court will determine if states can use six-person juries in criminal cases, with a Florida chiropractor's conviction at the center of the constitutional debate.

• Supreme Court will decide if criminal cases can use 6-person juries instead of 12
• Florida chiropractor Hamed Kian's conviction hinges on this constitutional dispute
• Six-person juries used in Florida and five other states for non-death penalty criminal cases
• Kian's lawyers argue 12-person jury is required by Sixth Amendment as originally intended
• Florida argues overturning 1970 ruling would affect thousands of existing convictions