juries advantages and disadvantages
- Created by: Shannon Cunningham
- Created on: 12-05-14 13:52
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- Juries advantages and disadvantages
- Democratic right
- It is right for individuals to be tried by their fellow citizens.
- The random selection process means that it would be impossible to introduce bias into the jury
- Juries maintain confidence in the criminal justice system
- Jurors typically serve two weeks on the jury service and unlike judges and magistrates, they are unlikely to become case hardened.
- Jury Equity
- Jurors can express their opinions through what are sometimes known as perverse judgements
- Juries keep the system simple
- If the jury is able to understand the case, it is reasonable to assume that the D would also be able to understand it.
- Secrecy
- The contempt of court act makes it a criminal offence for jurors to discuss the process by which they reached their verdict
- As a result, potential problems with juries such as not being able to understand a judge's direction will not be identified.
- Juries are acquittal minded
- Typically, juries in the Crown court acquit 60% of defendants compared to only 20% acquitted in the magistrates court
- Juries are incometent
- Sometimes, lack of understanding by the jury leads to perverse judgements or the case collapsing due to lack of progress
- Jury nobbling
- nobbling is any process by which the jury is influenced in reaching its verdict. E.g. bribes or threats
- Democratic right
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