they decide if you go to jail or not given the evidence
Added: (in a criminal trial) the jury hears the case presented by both the prosecution and the defense and relying on the instructions given them on the law by the judge, and their own good judgement, they decide on the fate of the defendant. (in a civil trial) they perform the same function except the principals are known as the Plaintiff and the Respondent, and the jury hears evidence that will influence them in their decision to render a verdict for the side having the greater weight of convincing evidence.
The job of a jury is to listen to the evidence presented during a trial, evaluate the facts, and reach a verdict based on the law and evidence presented in court. Juries are responsible for determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant in a criminal trial or deciding the outcome of a civil case.
The jury listens to and weighs the evidence presented by the advocates, and decides whether that evidence is sufficient to rule in favor of one party or the other (or against the defendant in criminal trials); the jury actually rules on the case. In some cases they are allowed to make sentencing recommendations, though the actual sentence received is at the judge's discretion.
Advocates (lawyers) present evidence and arguments in favor of their particular clients (or in criminal trials for or against the defendant).
The judge moderates, to make sure that the evidence and arguments lawyers use are consistent with the established rules and practices of the court system, and often decides on correct sentencing depending on how the jury rules.
The jury listens to and weighs the evidence presented by the advocates, and decides whether that evidence is sufficient to rule in favor of one party or the other (or against the defendant in criminal trials); the jury actually rules on the case. In some cases they are allowed to make sentencing recommendations, though the actual sentence received is at the judge's discretion.
The possessive form of "jury" is "jury's." For example, "The jury's decision was unanimous."
The singular possessive form of the word "jury" is "jury's."
The plural of 'jury' is juries.
The spokesperson of a jury is called the foreperson. They are responsible for leading jury deliberations, communicating the verdict to the court, and overseeing the jury's activities during the trial.
The singular possessive form of "jury" is "jury's."
In a bench trial, yes. In a jury trial, this is up to the jury.
No. If you are paid by the court for your days and if you get paid by your job the rule is that you are suppose to pay your job the amount you made on the jury. If the jury duty causes you a hardship when you go into the court to report for jury duty tell them so and most courts will allow you to not serve.
A trial jury hears the evidence in a trial and deliberates to consider a verdict. A grand jury determines whether there is enough evidence for a criminal trial to proceed.
Well if it's the prosecution then the lawyers job is to get information that detectives can't get by making deals with the perp and also they have to get the jury to find the defendant guilty if its the defense then the lawyers job is to get the jury to find the defendant guilty
No.
In general an employer must allow you the time off from the job to answer the summons to serve on the jury, but is not required to pay you for the time off.
Workers comp insurance covers you while you're working. It's rather difficult to imagine how you could get an on-the-job injury from jury duty.
A person may no be excused from jury duty just because they have a job. They also may not be excused just because they have children to attend to.
A grand jury is a group of citizens (often 23) that is empowered to investigate potential criminal conduct in order to determine if criminal charges should be brought. Their job is to decide if there is probable cause to believe certain offences were commited. It is called a "grand" jury because it traditionally has more jurors than a trial jury.
First, their job is to come up with a "no true bill or true bill" decision, establishing if the case will go to trial (based on the amount of evidence present). Then, the grand jury must decide if a person is innocent or guilty based on what was revealed solely in the trial.
The judge's role is to determine what the law is and how the law applies to the facts of the case. The jury's job is to determine what the facts of the case are, based on the evidence presented in court.
To sit in deliberation with other members of the jury.