To decide on the innocence or guilt of the defendant but NOT sentence them as this is the role of the judge.
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How are jury members chosen?
Randomly selected from the electoral register by the Central Summoning bureau. they will check for convictions and agree with the courts on how many are needed.
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How many member are usually chosen for a jury?
12
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What is the age range for a jury member?
18-70
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Who has the power to interfere with the selection of jury members?
No one
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Juries act 1974 amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003
The factors that qualify/disqualify people from being on a jury.
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What four qualifications must a person have to be a jury member?
1) a registered elector 2) resident in the UK for 5 years since they were 13 3) Not mentally ill 4) not disqualified (not in prison)
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What factors lead to disqualification from being selected as a jury member?
When the person has been sentenced to life imprisonment, detention during her majesty's pleasure, imprisonment for public protection, given an extended sentence, in prison for more than 5 years or in detention for more than 5 years
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What factors lead to 10 year disqualification?
Anyone who has served a sentence, detention, suspended sentence, suspended order of detention, had a community order, drug testing/treatment order or drug abstinence order
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What is civic duty?
Selected jury members must attend if physically able to do so or face the possibility of punishment for contempt of court.
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How long are jurors usually called for?
2 weeks
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What is the average length of a trial in the crown court?
7 hours
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What rewards do jurors get for there role?
Not paid, but expenses that may have occurred are compensated.
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What must the jurors verdict be?
Unanimous (all must agree) - note that if they come back with a not guilty verdict they are not asked whether it was unanimous or by a majority
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What are the terms for accepting a majority verdict?
After a min of 2 hours, can accept a verdict were 10/12 agree on the verdict.
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What is jury nobbling?
When a member(s) are paid to give the desired result (most commonly, the defence pays then to come back with the verdict not guilty)
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What are the advantages of using juries?
800 years of success, 12 people means less bias, trail by peers, fair reputation of population, few appeals, judge can correct the jury
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What are the disadvantages of using juries?
Can be nobbled, on acquittal there can be no retrial, 3x more expensive, can give wrong verdict, don't understand legal side, can be lead by the barrister
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Card 2
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How are jury members chosen?
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Randomly selected from the electoral register by the Central Summoning bureau. they will check for convictions and agree with the courts on how many are needed.
Card 3
Front
How many member are usually chosen for a jury?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is the age range for a jury member?
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Card 5
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Who has the power to interfere with the selection of jury members?
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