juries (p.1 s.b)

Question 1

juries act 1974

Answer 1

eligibility and selection of juries

Question 2

what will prevent someone from sitting on a jury

Answer 2

(comes under the jury act)
•on bail
•imprisonment for life
•diagnosed with a mental health condition

Question 3

rv young 2005

Answer 3

jurors used a quji board - unethical

Question 4

rv owen 1992

Answer 4

shows that the juries make the ultimate decision no matter how bad the crime is

Question 5

rv ford

Answer 5

all white jury for a black defendant
•request to change jury denied as no evidence of racism

Question 6

joanne frail

Answer 6

•juror
•went on social media to find the defendant’s profile - not allowed as jurors are supposed to be unbiased and only allowed to use the evidence presented to them in court

Question 7

theodora dallas

Answer 7

•juror
•researched the case online - not allowed as jurors are supposed to be unbiased and only allowed to use the evidence presented to them in court

Question 8

criminal justice act 2003

Answer 8

allows for a trial to be a judge alone if there has been a risk of jury tampering (s44) or if it’s a complex case like fraud (s43) as juries do not understand cases like fraud
eg rv twoomey 2009
•judge is independent, protects the right to a fair trial

Question 9

rv twoomey 2009

Answer 9

kept tampering with every jury given
-used judge instead of jury

Question 10

juries in civil cases

Answer 10

•less than 1% used in civil cases - only used in controversial cases
•they are able to award damages - disadvantage: as juries are not qualified to award amounts of money as they have no knowledge of what something is worth - as seen in the case sutcliffe vs pressdram 1991

Question 11

sutcliffe vs pressdram 1991

Answer 11

judge thought damages were too high, so he changed it that juries cannot award money in defamation cases instead judges do

Question 12

how are juries selected?

Answer 12

•they are selected at random - juries act - makes it fairer and prevents discrimination