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12 Cards in this Set
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How many are in a criminal jury?
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12
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Under what 3 circumstances can there be a Jury at a trial?
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-Criminal
-Civil -Coroner |
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What act significantly changed the selection process of the Jury?
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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003)
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Give 3 requirements needed in order to be considered for Jury service?
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-On the electoral register
-Aged 18-70 * -UK resident for at least 5 years |
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In what 5 circumstances can a Judge opt to sit without a jury?
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-Fraud
-Deformation -Malicious prosecution -False imprisonment - _______ Terrorism?? |
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What was the first case where the judge sat without a jury and why?
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R v Twomey 2009 because there was a "very significant danger of jury tampering."
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The Criminal Justice Act 2003 came after what report?
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The Auld Report 2001
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What did the Auld Report 2001 come after?
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The Home Office Report ____
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What did the CJA 2003 do to Juries?
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-Made them compulsory
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Under the previous system and giving examples, what were the reasons for Jury duty exclusion?
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-Ineligible *Too important* Police Officers, Judges, etc,
-Excluded *Too busy* Teachers, Armed Forces -Dismissed *With discretion* Holidays, illness, etc |
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Pre-2003, what where the problems with the Jury selection?
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-They did not fully represent society
-Possible criminals believed they were being judged by people "too stupid to get out of Jury duty" -People rarely turned up |
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After the CJA 2003, who was the first and second police officer to challenge it?
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-R v Abdroikov 2008
-R v Khan 2009 |
