If the jury cannot decide whether the accused is guilty or not, the case can be repeated but with a different selection of jurors.
If the jury cannot decide whether the accused is guilty or not, the case can be repeated but with a different selection of jurors.
Yes. A majority is anything greater than 50%.
A majority verdict is a decision made by a jury in which most of the jurors agree on a verdict. It does not necessarily require a unanimous decision, instead requiring a specified number or percentage of jurors to be in agreement. Majority verdicts are used in some legal systems to reach a conclusion in a trial.
No, there only needs to be a majority as decided by the number of seated jurors.
A majority (12).
During deliberations, the jurors speak among themselves and discuss and debate the evidence and witness testimony and come to a reasoned conclusion on the verdict.
Six jurors will be selected to sit on a misdemeanor jury panel.
There is a juror selection of some sort.
Attorneys will ask prospective jurors various questions to determine if they will be a good fit for the jury. Prospective jurors can be dismissed if the attorney feels they are biased.
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If it can be proven, the judge can be impeached, arrested, or subject to being sued civilly.
In the beginning of a criminal trial, 14 jurors are chosen. At the end of the trial, 2 of those are excused so you can have 12 jurors. Only 12 can sit and deliberate to come to a verdict. The two are excused but are on call just in case one of the 12 that are deliberating can no longer deliberate (that is, get sick or something like that). When this happens, one or both of the excused jurors are call in to deliberate with the other jurors. Also when this happens, once a new juror is added to the group, the whole group is instructed to start deliberating from the beginning all over again.