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    After the Norman Conquest in Britain‚ the concept of jury system were then imported‚ though in presence function were quite different compare to the early. The jury system is considered important in the English Legal system now‚ although only a small number of cases were used. It is absolute necessary role to ensuring the criminal justice system works for the advantage of the public rather than advantage of the unjust leader. In the trial process in England and Wales were involved. In the magistrates’

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    The jury trial is often considered to be one of the most controversial elements of the criminal justice system in UK and Wales. Although for many people trial by jury seems to be the fairest and the most unbiased way of establishing the person’s guilt or innocence‚ the practice shows that this method has many disadvantages and may cause serious concerns in the society. In this small research we shall try to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the jury trial and describe further perspectives

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    1. Why are juries important in the adversarial system? Juries are a panel of citizens selected randomly from the electoral role to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused‚ thus are a fundamental part of how the adversarial system functions. The right to a trial by jury is enshrined by the right to a fair trial. Juries enable a fair trial as they are members of the community who are making an impartial judgement based on what the two opposing sides presents to them‚ hence they are less prone

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    Bias in writing

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    Bias in writing Writing has many goals. Those goals can be to inform or persuade the reader. The key here is to be objective. Complete objectivity is not possible because bias is inevitable. Bias is when a person prefers an idea and he or she does not give an equal chance to another idea. By not giving the opposing idea a chance‚ the topic is being clouded. Bias can occur when certain language or stereotyping or one sided opinions are used to convey a message to the reader. The reader would get

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    Representation and Bias

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    Representation and Bias By Deborah Callaway Herzing College Online W4A1-Reflection Assignment November 26‚ 2009 Representation and Bias When creating or reviewing a research study‚ we need to consider the information and decide if it is representative or biased in order to make clear decisions. When the information or sample is representative‚ it means that the people studied are like the people who you wish to generalize and it must have the same significant

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    History of the Jury System Juries have been used in the legal system for over 1000 years. Originally they were used for providing local knowledge and information and acted more as witnesses than decision – makers. By the middle of the 15th Century‚ juries had become independent assessors and assumed their modern role as deciders of fact. Independence of the Jury Bushell’s Case (1670) – jurors refused to convict Quaker activists of unlawful assembly. The trial judge would not accept the ‘not

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    Kathleen Okruhlik Bias

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    Kathleen Okruhlik: Science Cannot Escape Bias In Kathleen Okruhlik’s paper‚ she strives to show that the practice of science as a whole‚ cannot escape bias‚ particularly bias in relation to the different sexes. Her argument is thorough‚ but flawed as it is possible for science to be unbiased. She includes many outdated papers showing how the science was skewed by only using male models‚ or how scientists are basing assumptions on the idea that male is superior to female‚ so they use males in their

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    Introduction The jury system is a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a criminal law suit. In Jamaica the government and court system affects the jury system immensely. As said by former minister of justice and security‚ Mr. K. D. Knight‚ in a gleaner article published Wednesday February 21‚ 2011‚ there is no intention to abolish the jury system‚ with that said the jury system can only be reformed. In the issue of the gleaner published on 6 July‚ 2013 the Office of the Director of

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    The Jury System CLU 3M1 By: Khalil Meghji The jury system has been used for thousands of years to fairly determine innocence or guilt in a trial. Although not utilized as much as in the past it is still used for most criminal and some civil cases. This leads to an unjust legal system full of bias. The jury system was first seen in use by the ancient Greeks thousands of years ago[1]. Though the system was the fairest

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    The Role of the Jury

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    The Role of the Jury Service In the 12th century Henry II took a major step to developing the jury system by setting up a system to resolve land disputes using juries. Twelve unpaid men were given the responsibility of uncovering the facts of a certain case on their own‚ rather than by listening to arguments from both the prosecution and defence. The church banned participation of the clergy in trial by ordeal in 1215 and in the same year‚ trial by jury became a reasonably definite right in one

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