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Becuase, if I am correct, it must take all of the jury to convict someone of murder; unanimous means all.
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Will the us supreme court approve a less than unanimous verdicts?
Yes they will. The Supreme Court ruled more than 30 years ago that the Constitution does not ban less than unanimous verdicts.
In federal court trials must jury verdicts be unanumous?
Yes, the verdict must be unanimous.
What is the vote needed by a petit jury to reach a decision?
Federal criminal juries need to reach a unanimous decision, but the courts have ruled that state criminal juries can have less than unanimous. Only two states allow this. Louisiana and Oregon allow 10-2 verdicts.
Why do you think the vote at ths South Carolina convention of 1860 was unanimous?
why do think the vote at the south convention of 1860 was unanimous
How do you spell unominous?
I think you mean unanimous, as in everyone agreed, so the decision was unanimous.
Should unanimous be used with a or an?
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Why was the vote at the South Carolina convention of 1860 was unanimous?
why do you think the vote at the south Carolina convention of 1860 was unanimous
What majority verdict is and how it is different to a normal jury verdict?
In some (not all) states provisions are made for conducting trials for certain lesser offenses (misdemeanor offenses - civil cases - traffic cases - etc) with either fewer than 12 jurors, or for verdicts that are less than unanimous. In some states minor offenses can be tried with as few as seven jurors, and the verdicts do not necessarily have to be unanimous (e.g.: 5 out of 7 vote guilty, or 8 our of 12 vote guilty). It is a way to shorten the trial process and reduce the strain on the jury pool. However - in capital cases and/or for serious offenses (felonies) the jury will usually always consist of 12 jurors and the verdict must be unanimous.
A unanimous or an unanimous?
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Jury verdicts should be unanimous?
i have an opinion answer for each side...should be majorityJuries should not have to reach a unanimous vote to reach their decision. Having a compulsory unanimous vote can cause many problems. People will always have different opinions as everyone has a different personality, and so will not always agree. People also have all different views these can be caused by their upbringing, religion, lifestyle, career, in fact any aspect of their lives. This means that they simply will not believe the same things as others and not always the correct verdict of a case. However, if there is a majority vote given from a jury it will mean that the verdict is the most correct decision that can be made. Another reason for a majority vote is that evidence given in a case is never totally clear; people can lie and evidence can be tampered with or simply unclear in itself. And so in some cases people can simply never be truly positive for a verdict. But when people come together they can decide by opinion, again, the most correct answer. And so majority may be as close as you can get in many cases, if unanimous votes are compulsory and people just keep trying to gain a positive decision for the outcome it will often just cause more trauma for the people involved, cost more money from the government and country and keep criminals out of jail living the lives they no longer deserve for years more than necessary.Should be unanimousIt is important for juries to have a unanimous vote because it forces each member to really focus on the case and they have to know what they re talking about because the outcome of the case truly depends on each decision of each individual. So if the outcome of the case is an unclear decision to the jury the case will be forced to continue until it is clear. This keeps things so that a person is very fairly tried and the jury will not be fairly sure but absolutely positive and so have the fair right to claim that an individual is guilty or not. When deciding on something that will possibly effect or ruin a person's entire life it cannot be a vague decision. If there are one or two people in the jury disagreeing with the verdict this only proves that there are some aspects of the case saying that the opinions of the other jury members are not necessarily correct, and therefore the rest of the case should definitely be reconsidered. This may cost the country more money but it is surely a small price to pay when taking away the life of an innocent person or discovering that someone is really guilty.hope it helped(:
Is an unanimous vote correct or a unanimous vote?
An unanimous vote is correct.
What are the ratings and certificates for The Wright Verdicts - 1995?
The Wright Verdicts - 1995 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M
