Guilty or Not Guilty.there have to earn their Chater rights and Freedom to become on the jury team.
Jury. There are 2 kinds of juries: petit jury (typically 12 or 6 persons, decide criminal trials and sometimes civil lawsuits) and grand jury (typically 24 persons, decides to issue indictments).
the judge doesn't decide jury or non jury the defendant (person being sued) can decide to have a jury in any civil case (one person suing another) involving more than $25, or in any criminal case (the government vs a person). also, in some criminal cases (like murder) they have to have a jury trial.
A "grand jury" might be utilized to hand down an indictment in a criminal case. The subsequent trial would be held in 'criminal court' and tried by a 'petit jury.'
Yes, but its correct name is PETIT jury.
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Grand Jury
A grand jury is a group of people that are selected and sworn in by a court. A traverse jury is a trial jury selected to serve on a court case in civil or criminal court.
In most cases, you have the right to a trial by jury, but this is not a requirement. In a criminal case, if the defendant opts to have a bench trial, there will be no jury. In a civil case, if neither party requests a jury, it will be a bench trial.
It is called the verdict. In a criminal case it will be Guilty or Not Guilty. In a civil case it will be Liable or Not Liable.
(in the US) That cannot, and does not, occur in criminal cases.