The Role Of The Jury In The Criminal Justice System
Role of the jury:
The jury is an integral part of the courts. It consists of twelve random people from the public who sit in a seated area beside the judge. Before the trial commences, one person from the twelve is selected as a ‘foreman’ by the jury. They are a spokesperson for the whole jury. A jury isn’t always necessary, only really for defamation and assault cases. The jury’s role is decide whether they believe, given the facts, if a person is guilty or not guilty of committing the offence they are been trialled for. The jury can only reach a verdict, with the evidence that was put before them in he court. The jury are welcome to take notes during the trial, and are allowed to pass notes to the judge to explain different points in the …show more content…
This service has many roles but the main one is to reduce the amount of crime within a community. They help to control an offender living in a community who has been previously convicted of committing a crime. They supply supervision, neighbourhood services to both young and old people. This helps them from not committing crimes. The probation service gives not only assistance to individuals but to neighbourhoods, courts, prisons, families, the Gardaí as well as many others.
(C. Quirke, 2017)
If you are in court and you plead to guilty or not guilty, the judge may ask for a probation report before he/she reaches there final decision. There are two assessment reports probation officers report on: (1) a pre-sanction report which see’s if an offender is worthy for a non-custodial sentence and (2) a community service report which see’s if an offender partake in community service (unpaid) instead of going to prison. To help victims, they produce victim reports for the courts.
(citizensinformation.ie, 2016)
The probation service currently employs 71 staff broken up in to:
Name Staff amount
Principal probation and welfare officer
The jury is an integral part of the courts. It consists of twelve random people from the public who sit in a seated area beside the judge. Before the trial commences, one person from the twelve is selected as a ‘foreman’ by the jury. They are a spokesperson for the whole jury. A jury isn’t always necessary, only really for defamation and assault cases. The jury’s role is decide whether they believe, given the facts, if a person is guilty or not guilty of committing the offence they are been trialled for. The jury can only reach a verdict, with the evidence that was put before them in he court. The jury are welcome to take notes during the trial, and are allowed to pass notes to the judge to explain different points in the …show more content…
This service has many roles but the main one is to reduce the amount of crime within a community. They help to control an offender living in a community who has been previously convicted of committing a crime. They supply supervision, neighbourhood services to both young and old people. This helps them from not committing crimes. The probation service gives not only assistance to individuals but to neighbourhoods, courts, prisons, families, the Gardaí as well as many others.
(C. Quirke, 2017)
If you are in court and you plead to guilty or not guilty, the judge may ask for a probation report before he/she reaches there final decision. There are two assessment reports probation officers report on: (1) a pre-sanction report which see’s if an offender is worthy for a non-custodial sentence and (2) a community service report which see’s if an offender partake in community service (unpaid) instead of going to prison. To help victims, they produce victim reports for the courts.
(citizensinformation.ie, 2016)
The probation service currently employs 71 staff broken up in to:
Name Staff amount
Principal probation and welfare officer