Having a Jury Trial is known to be a part of the Adversarial System. Which is when exhibits‚ evidence‚ and witnesses are assembled by representatives of one side or the other to convince the fact finder that their side’s viewpoint is the truer one. Contrasted to that approach is the inquisitorial approach‚ used in mostly Europe. In this approach the Judge is given more control over the proceedings. The judge will interrogate the disputing parties and witnesses‚ referring frequently to a dossier
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Jury Nullification Paper Joel Amaral University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/344 George Marquez August 14‚ 2014 Jury Nullification Paper Jury nullification is “a jury’s knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence or refusal to apply the law either because the jury wants to send a message about some social issue that is larger than the case itself or because the result dictated by law is contrary to the jury’s sense of justice‚ morality‚ or fairness” (Keneally‚ 2010‚
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Decision making in juries To study the decision making of juries mock juries and shadow juries are used ( i.e. ‘real’ juries are not used as this is banned by law). Mock juries do a role play of a case‚ shadow juries observe a real case then discuss guilt/innocence but their opinion is not given to the real court. In mock juries variables such as the characteristics of the defendant can be controlled‚ however the group may not be representative of a randomly selected jury‚ scenarios may not be
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Jury selection is laid down in the Juries Act 1994. While it is proven that there are reasonable alternatives to a jury trial and that there is no doubt that jury trial is both time consuming and expensive when compared with trial by magistrates or by a judge alone‚ however the right to a jury trial shall not be dismissed so lightly. The anti jury lobby deems the jury system unpopular the importance of which is considered only overrated. I will be critically analysing whether trial by jury should
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The foremost goal of every legal system is justice. This holds especially true in America as every precaution is taken to make sure each person accused of a crime receives the fairest trial possible. There is extensive screening before every jury is produced to make sure that there is no potential bias in any of the members that would hinder the objectivity and integrity of the case. Additionally‚ judges are intensely trained and sworn to carry out justice as impartially as possible. With that being
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Jury nullification July 28th 2013 CJA/344 Johnny Cotton Jury Nullification Page one Jury Nullification Ethnicity plays a big role in courtroom proceedings as well as judicial practices from all parts of the criminal justice system. It is anywhere from the initial intake of a person to the time the person is sentenced. Everyone involved in the proceeding has to perform certain duties to their highest ability and they have to be fair to everyone that is involved in
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explores the internal conflict in the 1950’s where Communism was feared and racial segregation was still present. Not only does the play echo people’s fear of anyone who was different at the time‚ it addresses questions of prejudice in the American Jury system. The audience is challenged to evaluate their own possible prejudices and value human compassion over narrow-mindedness and bigotry. To convey his central concern‚ Rose’s stage directions are concise and delivered in two acts. He deliberately chose
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aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system: The presumption that the defendant is innocent‚ and the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Assuming the defendant does not plea-bargain‚ a trial will probably result. Thus‚ it is important to focus on constitutional rights during the trial stage. The three rights considered in this paper are the right to a speedy trial‚ the right to an impartial judge‚ and the right to an impartial jury. Criminal defendants have other rights
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1. The Purpose and Functioning of the Jury Trial system in the United States of America A civil or criminal trial in which a jury chooses any questioned issues of reality. The quantity of members of the jury is typically 12 in a criminal trial; the number fluctuates from state to state in a common trial. It could be said it assumes a basic part in guaranteeing that the criminal equity framework works for the advantage of people in general instead of for the advantage of uncalled for pioneers
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there are a number of law makers and citizens who are against raced based jury nullification. Some black lawmakers have said that since a jury is representative of a community then jurors should have the right to decide which people they will allow to live among them. (Butler‚ 1995) This basically means that jurors exercise their power based on conscience and not based on the facts of the case. This means that black juries would acquit non-violent black defendants even in cases where they were clearly
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