A jury is a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence provided in a court of law by both parties. This verdict is given by the foreman who is appointed by other members of the jury. Other duties of the foreman involve asking questions on behalf of the jury and facilitating jury discussions. The verdict given by the foreman can be either guilty or not guilty as there is no such verdict as “innocent” and this is given after the hearing of the evidence. The size of the
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Bench trial vs. Jury trial High profile cases being spread through the media attracting massive attention. Cases such as the Sean Bell shooting‚ Amadou Diallo‚ and these trials were spread all throughout television which sometimes doesn’t fall in the favor of the defendant. There are two types of trials a bench trial also known as a court trail and a jury trial. NYS procedural law 260.10‚ states that every criminal depending on the crime must be trialed with 12 randomly selected jurors. The bench
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level LAW Paper 2 Data Response Additional Materials: * 0 4 4 2 2 9 2 1 1 6 * 9084/02 October/November 2010 1 hour 30 minutes Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in
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Handout: The Jury System I. Development / History Frequently claimed that the right of a defendant to elect trial by jury is an ancient one‚ enshrined in Magna Carta. => In fact‚ there was no right to claim trial by jury until 1855. Administration of Justice Act 1855 => Allowed justices (with the consent of the accused) to try various petty thefts. The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1897 consolidated this earlier legislation‚ listing those indictable offences‚ which (with the defendant’s
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EDITORIAL: Make the jury more diverse By: Elizabeth Del Carmen‚ January 19‚ 2017 By allowing a certain selected amount of people to be a jury I do not feel as if though we are promoting an environment that does not discriminate. This will further help create a divide between the country‚ and that is not something that we want to increase. How is it that only white males are allowed to contribute to the community if they have a set mind about certain subjects. As seen in the Tom Robinson trial the
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influence the jury in the closing argument that convicted Louise Woodward. The prosecutor uses a variety of features in this argument to convince the jury persecute Louse Woodward. I will be going through these techniques and explaining why he uses them to influence the jury. Gerard T Leone Jr was the prosecutor in the case of the death of Mathew Eappen. He uses repetition in the first section of the argument by repeating the victim name‚ “Mathew Eappen.”The repetitions show that he wants the jury to focus
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There is a thing known as a jury trial process that is supposed to happen in every jury trial case. Although‚ not followed perfectly in the jury trial of Carl Lee it is followed pretty well for a movie. The jury trial process is as follows; a crime is commited‚ an investigation is conducted‚ a warrant is issued‚ then the arrest is made‚ once arrested the criminal is booked‚ then they have their bail hearing. Following the bail hearing the preliminary arraignment happens these are when the informal
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told thousands of things‚ but nobody ever told me I was a policewoman getting ready to arrest her. —New York City detective 25. When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty. —Norm Crosby 26. Those who believe in telekinetics‚ raise my hand. —Kurt Vonnegut 27. Just the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus‚ they laughed at Fulton
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The Jury System: A History Thomas Jefferson describes the jury as “the only anchor ever yet imagined by man‚ by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”( Dialogue on the American Jury: We The People in Action‚ 1) The purpose of juries is to ensure that no government is able to convict innocent people‚ or to give unreasonably cruel punishment. Although the juries we see today are very different from the first juries‚ they have always served the same purpose‚ to keep
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Anthony Bryan is a smart young boy who has demonstrated unfavorable school behaviors because of the lack of attention he is getting at home. Given the provided information‚ I believe that it is imperative to focus on Anthony’s family dynamic and how they interact with each other. Based on Anthony’s upbringing and his family’s history‚ he will most likely have issues with emotional development‚ and social development. Even though Anthony seemed cognitively ready for school‚ he was not emotionally
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