Do you know if you are you always entitled to a jury trial? Can you (or your lawyer) excuse someone from the jury? These and more questions are answered by criminal lawyer Jeffery K. Rubenstein in the videos below. (Learn more about the expert here.)
Watch each video and answer the questions. (Notice that the first video has two questions)
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You have the right to get a jury trial
if your defence attorney asks for it
if your charges mean that you may go to jail
if you don't like the judge
if the prosecution agrees with the defence attorney
Defence lawyers usually prefer a trial with a judge because it is more difficult to convince twelve people than just one.
True
False
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Jurors are chosen
at random by their passport number
at random by their Social Security number
at random by their driving licence or voting rolls
at random from a group of volunteers
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You can always excuse a juror
when you don't like his/her looks.
when they have different religious ideas to yours.
when they belong to a political party.
when they are prejudiced.
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Which of these things is the jury not expected to do during the trial?
find a verdict
listen to the evidence
question the witnesses
consider the evidence
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If the jurors can't agree on the verdict
the judge obliges them to try again until they do
the judge asks them to try again and offers them help
The jury