trial by jury
Citizen panel decides
Trial by jury is a legal proceeding in which a group of ordinary citizens, rather than a judge alone, determines the facts of a case and renders a verdict.
The jury hears evidence, deliberates in private, and decides guilt or liability.
In the United States, the right to trial by jury in criminal cases is constitutionally guaranteed: She waived her right to a trial by jury and opted for a bench trial.
- challenge for causeJuror removal for bias
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- peremptory challengeReasonless juror removal right
- defendantParty facing charges
- mistrialInvalid court proceeding
deliberation · verdict · presumption of innocence · prosecution · reasonable doubt · burden of proof · plea · voir dire · unanimous verdict · guilty verdict · not guilty · witness · Magna Carta · testimony · indictment · foreman · twelve · gavel
- English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
- English JusticeOld Bailey, Crown Court, magistrates, barrister, solicitor
- jury trialjuror selection, voir dire, venire, empanelment, impanelment
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- rightscivil liberties, constitutional rights, right, rights, human rights
- trialsretrial, mistrial, dry run, practice test, pilot test
trial by juryarbitration
Non-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · settlement · plea bargain · summary judgment · out-of-court settlement
trial by jurysummary execution
Killing without formal trial
lynch mob · vigilante justice · kangaroo court · star chamber · detention without trial
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