Advantages and Disadvantages of a Jury


	Advantages and Disadvantages of a Jury
	Advantages Public Confidence - fundimentals of a democratic society Jury equity- decide on fairness and not the word of law Open system of justice Lawyers explain things clearly so that the general public can understand and follow the proceeding Allows the public to take part in the administration of justice Secrecy of the jury room - not influenced by outside pressure	Disadvantages Perverse decisions - can be a protest against the law Jury tampering - bribery/threats Radical views/bias as there is no right to a multi-racial jury Media coverage may influence jurors Lack of understanding - especially for fraud trails = complex +time consuming Secrecy of the jury room means that there is no way of knowing how they came to the decision + possibility of questionable outcomes which cannot be appealed
	Evaluation

Public Confidence - fundimentals of a democratic society
Jury equity- decide on fairness and not the word of law
Open system of justice
Lawyers explain things clearly so that the general public can understand and follow the proceeding
Allows the public to take part in the administration of justice
Secrecy of the jury room - not influenced by outside pressure

Perverse decisions - can be a protest against the law
Jury tampering - bribery/threats
Radical views/bias as there is no right to a multi-racial jury
Media coverage may influence jurors
Lack of understanding - especially for fraud trails = complex +time consuming
Secrecy of the jury room means that there is no way of knowing how they came to the decision + possibility of questionable outcomes which cannot be appealed

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Report Wed 13th December, 2017 @ 20:26

~~This was not help full~~

jk it was

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Report Wed 12th June, 2019 @ 07:06

would have been so much better if example of cases and statistics where included

Report Thu 6th May, 2021 @ 10:45

this was not helpful at all

Report Wed 24th November, 2021 @ 11:56

Very helpful, gave me exactly what I was looking for and does exactly what the title says.

Would love to see more like this

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