impartial jury
Fair trial deciders
An impartial jury is a panel of jurors with no bias toward either side in a legal case.
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution guarantees criminal defendants the right to an impartial jury—people who will decide based solely on evidence presented at trial, not preexisting opinions or prejudices.
Jury selection aims to identify and exclude those who cannot judge fairly: The defense argued that pretrial publicity made an impartial jury impossible.
- peremptory challengeReasonless juror removal right
- judicial integrityHonesty of those presiding
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- day in courtChance to present one's case
Magna Carta · trial by peers · racial bias · equal protection · gender bias · conflict of interest · presumption of innocence · random selection · implicit bias · fair trial · sequestration · change of venue · ethical standards · alternate juror · burden of proof · media influence · civic duty · open mind
- defendant rightsright to counsel, Miranda rights, Miranda warning, presumption of innocence, right to silence
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- legal rightslegal rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights, Miranda rights, Bill of Rights
- trial rightsfair trial, presumption of innocence, right to counsel, right to appeal, speedy trial
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
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Secretive, oppressive tribunal
kangaroo court · jury tampering · lynch mob · mock trial · vigilante justice
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