jury system
Peers judge guilt
The jury system is a method of legal trial in which ordinary citizens, rather than judges alone, decide questions of fact—typically whether a defendant is guilty or liable.
Jurors are selected from the community and hear evidence before deliberating to reach a verdict.
The system reflects the principle that people should be judged by their peers: The right to a jury trial is guaranteed by the Constitution.
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
- common lawJurisprudence from judicial decisions
- Sixth AmendmentConstitutional trial protections
- litigationLegal dispute process
Magna Carta · voir dire · appellate courts · peer judgment · deliberation · judicial review · random selection · fairness · Bill of Rights · burden of proof · constitutional rights · Athens · summons · reasonable doubt · presumption of innocence · trial · courtroom · guilty
- English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- systemsecosystems, ecosystem, transportation network, neural network, neural networks
- English influenceEnglish language, common law, cricket, English literature, Shakespeare
- jury trialvoir dire, venire, empanelment, impanelment, impaneling
- crowd wisdomwisdom of crowds, hive mind, hivemind, swarm intelligence, collective intelligence
jury systembench trial
Court case, judge only
panel of judges · military tribunal · sharia court · arbitration
jury systemsummary judgment
Court ruling without trial
star chamber · royal edict · kangaroo court · show trial · executive order
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