Role

• What is the primary role of a jury in a criminal trial?

  To be independent and free from bias while listening to criminal trials.
• How many jurors typically sit on a trial?

  12 jurors
• What is the average duration of a trial involving a jury?

  2-3 days, but jurors serve for twoweeks so may be called to sit on more than one trial.
• What is the juror's role during a trial?

  To listen to the evidence presnted and summed up by the judge/law and take notes.
• What restrictions are placed on jurors regarding note-taking?

  Notes can only be used in the courtroom and jury room and must be destroyed afterward.
• What is required for a jury's verdict?

  The verdict should be unanimous, but a majority verdict is also acceptable.
• What is the minimum majority required for a jury verdict?


  11:1 or 10:2
• what can not be taken in the jury room, and why?

  Phones, for secrecy
• who delivers the juries verdict?

  The foreperson
• What is the principle of the independence of the jury?

  The jury can not be influenced, must be separate from others and must not research or post about the case of social media.