The Juries
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- Created on: 21-04-20 15:39
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- The Juries
- Qualifications
- 18-70 years old
- Registered UK citizen
- Can't be mentally disordered
- Cannot have a conviction of 5 years+ imprisonment
- Selection Process
- Vetting - the prosecution or defence check the potential juror for suitability
- Array - the right to challenge a whole jury if the jury is biased
- Right to stand - prosecution stops someone being on jury and puts them at the bottom of the list
- For cause - the right to challenge individual jury members
- Jurors background - checks to find political views in cases of national security/ terrorism
- Role
- Civil
- Not many civil cases use a jury - cases of fraud or false imprisonment may
- Criminal
- Decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty.
- Accept a majority vote and do not have to give reasoning for the verdict
- Civil
- Qualifications
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