Juries

Question 1

How long have they been used

Answer 1

Over 1000 years

Question 2

Independence of jury case

Answer 2

Bushell 
Jury refused to convict quakers 
Judge then didn’t give them any food or drinks nd court fined them and sent to prison 
Court of appeal released them 
Can’t be punished for there verdict

Question 3

Which court

Answer 3

Crown

Question 4

3 Qualifications

Answer 4

Aged 18-75
Registered to vote
Resident in uk for 5 years since age of 13

Question 5

Disqualified while on

Answer 5

Bail

Question 6

Disqualified for life if

Answer 6

5 year+ prison sentence

Question 7

Disqualified for 10 years if

Answer 7

Served prison sentence

Community order

Question 8

3 people excused

Answer 8

Excusal - Members of armed forces
Discretionary - ill, business commitments, good reason
Mentally disordered

Question 9

If fail to say you’re disqualified you get fined

Answer 9

£5000

Question 10

What is vetting

Answer 10

Checkin suitability

Question 11

2 types of vetting

Answer 11

Police checks - criminal records

Wider background check - cases involving national security

Question 12

Challenge to the array is

Answer 12

A challenge to the whole jury on the basis it has been chosen in an unrepresentative way

Question 13

3 steps of selection

Answer 13

Central office selects names form lists of electors
Summons sent to these people
Must attend unless disqualified

Question 14

Can be challenged if

Answer 14

Defendant knows juror

Question 15

Directed acquittal

Answer 15

Where judge decided there’s insufficient prosecution evidence
Directs jury to find d not guilty

Question 16

Majority verdicts brought in because of nobbling. What is nobbling

Answer 16

Bribing a juror on behalf of defendant

Question 17

Must try for a …. verdict

Answer 17

Unanimous

Question 18

Majority verdict can be

Answer 18

11: 1
10: 2

Question 19

How long till majority can be taken

Answer 19

2 hours

Question 20

Which act makes it an offence to discuss outside of jury room

Answer 20

Criminal justice and courts act 2015

Question 21

5 adv of jury’s

Answer 21

Public confidence - fair 
Jury equity - not legal experts don’t follow precedents
Open justice system - public 
Secrecy of jury room 
Impartiality - not connected to case

Question 22

Adv - jury equity case

Answer 22

Ponting
Civil servant leaked info on sinking ship to an MP
Plea not guilty as its in public interest
Jury refused to convict
Government reconsidered law of official secrets act

Question 23

6 disadvantages of jury’s

Answer 23

Perverse decision - ignoring evidence 
Secrecy - don’t know if jury understood case 
Internet 
Racial bias 
Media influence 
High acquittal rate

Question 24

2 exceptions in enquiry’s

Answer 24

When another method has been used to make decision

Extraneous material has been introduced in jury room

Question 25

Another method used to make decision case

Answer 25

Young
D charged with murder
Jury stayed in hotel overnight
4 used an ouija board

Question 26

Disadvantage secrecy case

Answer 26

Mirza
D was Pakistani and had interpreter
Majority jurors thought using an interpreter was a ploy
Woman came forward

Question 27

Disadvantage racial bias case

Answer 27

Sander
One juror wrote note to judge
Said racial jokes and remarks had been made

Question 28

Disadvantage media influence case

Answer 28

Taylor and Taylor 
2 sisters charged with murder 
Newspapers published photos giving false impression of what happened 
Jury convicted girls
Appeal