Juries
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- Created on: 20-04-15 17:39
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- Juries
- Qualifications
- aged 18-70
- registered to vote
- resident in the UK for at least five years since age 13
- Disqualified
- Sentenced to 5 years or more imprisonment- disqualified for life
- served a prison sentence less than 5 years or suspended sentence or community order-disqualified for ten years
- mentally ill or 'lack of capacity'
- Excusals
- member of the armed forces
- discretionary excusal- ill, business commitments, or another 'good reason'
- Selection
- at home
- A crown court official will at random from the electoral registers, summons enough jurors to try cases every fortnight
- at court
- potential jurors are sent into the court room and chosen at random by the clerk
- at home
- Vetting
- routine police check to eliminate those disqualified from jury service
- in cases of national security the jurors may be subject to wider checks eg. terrorism cases
- Challenges
- Challenge for cause
- individual juror challenged eg if they know the defendant
- To the array
- whole jury challenged for biased selection, no right to multi racial jury (R v Ford)
- prosecution right to stand by jurors
- put at end of the list so will only be used if there are not enough jurors
- Challenge for cause
- Role
- Criminal
- 12 jurors in Crown Court
- listen to evidence and judge's summing up
- decide questions of fact not law, do not give reasons for their decisions
- majority verdicts may be given, discussion takes place in secret
- Civil
- used in defamation, false imprisonment. malicious prosecution and fraud
- decide liability and assess damages to be awarded
- decide questions of fact not law, do not give reasons for their decisions
- Civil
- Civil
- used in defamation, false imprisonment. malicious prosecution and fraud
- decide liability and assess damages to be awarded
- Criminal
- Qualifications
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