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What type of law condemns and punishes a person with a jury trial?
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Can the government require a person accused of a crime to be tried without a jury and by a judge?
No, that is called a Bill of Attainder as they are expressly forbidden by the Constitution. A Bill of Attainder is specifically defined as a law that punishes an individual or group without a trial.
What is a jury trial?
A jury in a trial makes the same decisions as a judge would in a bench trial. Based on evidence, they decide if a person charged is guilty or innocent.
A trial jury that must find the guilt or innocence of a person is known as?
Grand jury.
When might a person not have a jury trial?
The right to trial by jury is guaranteed in all criminal cases and civil cases over a certain dollar amount.
What is a reason to serve on a jury when called to do so?
The 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives U.S. citizens the right to a trial by a jury of their peers. Jury service is supposed to provide a person being tried with a jury of their peers.
How does trial by jury affect individuals?
Yes, they decide if a person is guilty or not.
What was the verdict of the trial and what happened after that?
what happens in the verdictafter trial is that the person gets the sentencing and then goes to a hung jury
What is a regular trial jury called?
Another name for a trial jury is "a panel of one's peers". To be fair, the court tries to have people on the jury that are educated and willing to participate in a fair trial.
Which right is protected by the Seventh Amendment?
The right to a jury trial and a fair hearing.
What guarantees trial by jury?
Trial by jury is guaranteed by the first amendment.
What is the difference between a jury trial and a bench trial?
In a jury trial, the case is heard and decided by a group of impartial individuals (the jury). In a bench trial, the case is heard and decided by a judge without a jury. The judge determines the outcome based on the evidence and arguments presented in court.
How can you use trial by jury in a sentence about the Pennsylvania colony?
In a Trial by jury,a group of citizens decides if a person is guilty or innocent of committing a crime
