Jury trial

A jury is a group of citizens, normally consisting of between 4-15 jurors who are randomly selected and are accordingly given the ability to make decisions in a legal case submitted to them to pass on a verdict. A juror is an individual citizen part of the jury. Jurors are normally made to attend to hear cases in the Coroner, District and Supreme Courts. They must settle on the facts before them and determine civil or criminal matters. They are the lone judges of the validity of the witnesses…

A Short Guide to Jury System for Canadian Citizens Origins of the jury system: There are many origins of the Canadian Jury system; however many may say it to be founded in England by the Norman Kings (1066-1154). Originally, jurors were chosen from the local community and were a source of information. The system was meant to replace barbaric methods of trial. Later during the reign of King Henry II, (around the 12th century), the jury functioned as both witness and adjudicator. Throughout the…

Over the years, the role and the responsibility of the jury have been through numerous transformations, hence these improvements made the presence of jury trials a highly controversial topic, leading to the question ‘Are juries needed in the English legal system?’. This essay aims to argue this question from different perspectives. It will first describe the evolution of the jury system and their current role in UK justice. Then, it will go through to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of…

growth of America 's justice system. James Madison put the Amendment VI into the Bill of Rights. Amendment VI has many protections to the one person accused of a crime, such as Public Trial Guarantee, Right to be informed of criminal charges, and Right to be confronted by adverse witnesses. However, the right to a speedy trial is considered the most important in the constitution, because criminal defendants could be held accountable under a unproven accusations. The 6th Amendment is a part of…

wrongful convictions. The solution for this problem would be requiring law enforcement to gain approval using the information the informant gave. This would need to be done by a judge and would help restore checks and balances throughout the system. Pre-trial hearing for informant:…

The jury system to me is complex, it is a citizen’s way of helping out. The jury system is interesting because it is people who get called out and many of them have to do it. The sad part about the jury system is that financial hardships or other types of hardships get in the way. I think that I have seen very diverse jury’s except in two jury panels. One jury panel that was kind of odd to me was a recent one, it was the trial were a person was caught with a small knife they called a dagger. In…

other own liberties against the government institution. When women were not allow to participate in the jury process, the jury was consisted of 12 white male Americans. Using a form of outside source to be involved in a criminal case allowed for people to have an active voice in the deciding of how American demonstrate own liberties in society under the Constitution. In March 6, 1892 Webster Jury Disagrees took the cover of the newspaper in New York. In the city…

summoned for jury duty each year. Of these 32 million very few know facts and have a basic knowledge about the jury process and what it entails. Theses Americans are trusted to decide a person's fate but don’t have any knowledge as to what is right and wrong. The current jury process is taking away from the validity of our jury system. How juries are chosen and what they execute while on trial doesn’t always benefit the person being tried. All throughout the country there are juries that follow…

I went in the Palais de Justice of Montreal with José, room 3.11. It was the end of all the trial during the pleadings. It was a criminal trial of Mr. Legault; he was accused of murder and transaction that involved violence. Jean- Michel Legault had some debts and in order to repay them he planned the murder of one of his friend Jeff. Jean- Michel and Jeff had to make an exchange of money and drugs in the west of Montreal. Jean- Michel knew since the beginning that Jeff was coming with money,…

individuals’ opinions, the jury system is outdated, unbeneficial and a misinterpretation of justice. Jurors are burdened with the responsibility to decide a person’s future, and oftentimes, they lack the necessary knowledge to do so effectively. The misguidedness of a jury are depicted in Henry Fonda’s and Reginald Rose’s 1957 film, 12 Angry Men. This film focuses on the jury’s struggles to agree on what is justice for a murder case. Their deliberations prove that the jury system is an…