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What is the role of jury?
the role of the jury is to deiced if guilty or not guilty.
How does the jury decide what punishment the defendant gets?
The jury does not decide what punishment the defendant gets, the judge does. The only thing the jury decides is whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty of what he is accused of.
Sentence using the word guilty?
The jury could see that the defendant was guilty.
How can scout tell when a jury has found a defendant guilty?
Scout can tell when a jury has found a defendant guilty if the jury foreman announces the verdict in court in front of everyone present, including the defendant, lawyers, judge, and spectators. The judge will then typically set a date for sentencing.
How can a jury speak out against an unpopular law?
By acquitting a guilty defendant. This is known as "jury nullification."
What a sentence for willful?
The jury found the defendant guilty of willful murder.
What type of jury decides the fate of a defendant beyond a reasonable doubt?
A petit jury in a criminal trial decides whether or not a defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The other type of jury, the Grand Jury, decides whether or not there is sufficient evidence to bring charges against a defendant prior to the trial. It does not decide whether or not the defendant is guilty. Therefore the Grand Jury is not bound by the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt.
If the jury acquits the defendant what did they do?
Acquittal means the same as being found "not guilty."
The jury is instructed by the judge to declare the defendant not guilty if there is any what?
REASONABLE doubt.
What advantages does the prosecutor of a case gain if the accused agrees to plead guilty?
The advantage is that there is no risk that a jury would find the defendant not guilty. Even if the defendant makes a plea bargain and pleads guilty to a lesser offense, at least the defendant will not get avoid any punishment.
What are the responsibility's of a Law and Order SVU lawyer?
Well if it's the prosecution then the lawyers job is to get information that detectives can't get by making deals with the perp and also they have to get the jury to find the defendant guilty if its the defense then the lawyers job is to get the jury to find the defendant guilty
How many people in a petit jury must declare the defendant guilty for a conviction in Vermont?
7
