role

• where are juries used?

  in criminal cases in the Crown court where D has pleaded not guilty
• How are they selected?

  randomly from members of the public by the Central Summoning Bureau
• In what % do jury trial takes place?

  2% of criminal cases
• What eas held in Bushell's case (1670)?

  Juries are independent from the judge
• What do the jury decide in the case?

  the verdict based on the facts and the judge cannot challange this
• What happened in McKenna?

  judge was wrong to threaten to lock the jury up if they did not return a verdict within the next 10 minutes
• How do juries sit?

  as a panel of 12
• What is the role of the judge in the case?

  preside over the trial and decide on the points of law
• What is the role of the jury in a case?

  decide the facts of the case based on the evidence they have been presented with. Jury will then return a verdict of guilty or not guilty
• What happens during the trial?


  jury listen to the evidence
• What does the prosecution do?

  open the case, present their evidence, along with exhibits and examination of the witnesses
• What can each side do?

  cross examine witnesses
• What can the jurors do throughout the trial?

  make notes but cannot take them home
• What happenes after bothss sides have presented their case?


  jury will listen to the judge who sums up the evidence and directs the jury on the law involved
• What does the Criminal Justice & courts Act 2015 states?


  makes it a crime to disclose or ask anything about what happens in the jury room and alos give the judge power to take in mobiles etc from jurors
• What type of decision do juries must make?

  unanimous
• What can the judge do if after 2 hours the jury have not decided?

  accept a majority verdict of 11 to 1 and 10 to 2
• Why were majority verdicts introduced?


  prevent jury nobbling where jurors were bribed or intimidated by D
• Who returns the verdict?

  a foreman