Juries Flashcards
How are juries summonsed
Radom
By jury summoning officers Via letter
Basic vetting - stops people who are ineligible from being summoned
Rehabilitation of offenders act
Who are ineligible to sit on jury
Police
Armed forces
Relatives
Know D
On bail
Serious criminal conviction
Rehabilitation of offenders act 1974
If convicted of indictable offence then have to wait 10 years with out another conviction to be jury
Qualification if juries
Lay people - no legal training yet lawyers can sit
No criminal record - rehab offenders act
Mentally able
18-70
Role of jury
Sit in 11-12
Decide guilt
Deliberate in private
Not sentence
Give verdict in public
Not speak about case outside court
Media influence
R V west
What is perverse verdict
Where jury disregard clear evidence or law given by judge due to morals
Shows lay man’s equity
Case for perverse verdict
R V kronlin
What percent of criminal cases do jury hear
1%
Estimated saved cost
100 million a year
What is sequestered jury
Jury taken to safe area by armed police if in danger from gang or terrorist
Advantages
Deliberate in private - without fear or favour stop influence
Lay man’s equity - perverse verdict
Random selection - range - yet racist
Disadvantages of jury
Lay people - effected by media, might not understand words. However told by judge
Prejudice - racist, deliberate in private so won’t know
Nobbled - gang influence
Perverse verdict not consistent
Disadvantage case for deliberate in private
R V young - ouji board
Racist jury
R V Mirza
