Lecture Notes

• what is open justice?


  courts, when hearing legal arguments and/or evidence, are open to members of the public, including journalists
• what is a hung jury?


  a hung jury is when the 12 members of the jury cannot make a unanimous decision on whether to charge the defendant
• what is double jeopardy?


  double jeopardy prevents an individual from being tried again for the same crime after a verdict has been reached
• name some people involved in a magistrates' court hearing.

  lay magistrates'

  defendant

  witnesses

  solicitor or barristers

  clerk

  usher