The Jury


	Who are they?	Excused or Defers
	12 members of the public, randomly selected from the electoral register Aged between 18-75 Registered as parlimentary or local government electorate Ordinary resident in UK from 13th birthday for at least 5 years Can't have past imprisonments Can't have mental disorders Can't be blind or deaf Must have a good understanding of English	Anyone who has problems which make it difficult for them to do jury service Court likely to reschedule their service on a more convenient date
	Role	Advantages & Disadvantages
	Only used in crown court Allowed to ask judge questions Deliberate in private Decide verdict, judge decides sentence Must first try have a unanimous verdict If not then it goes to majority verdict 11:1, 10:1, 9:1 Must have at least 10 jurours for majority verdict Nominate a foreperson to deliver verdict	+ public confidence + jury equity + Impartiality + Secerecy of jury room + open system of justice - perverse verdicts - secrecy - media influence - lack of understabdibg - high rate of acquittals

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