The Pros And Cons Of The Jury System

Jurors are deliberated and arrived at verdicts. The selection of anonymous juries is a recent phenomenon, which is considered as way of keeping secrecy of jury from media to safeguard and protect the jury. The origin of a jury system dates back to Frankish Inquest introduced by the Charlemagne of France. The methodology used for the purpose of this research is qualitative and is based on the collection of secondary data. This research is based on the literature review and the conclusions are drawn on the basis of actual resources listed in the references. Some of online databases that were accessed include Ebsco, Questia, Emerald, Phoenix and so on. Also the data are mostly peer-reviewed and validates. The discussion is based on a thorough …show more content…
Due to this, people are not willing to perform as the juror. This is because they have an idea that discussion will be publically done due to possible repercussion. Anonymity, in such cases, allows the jurors to work freely in the public discussion. It also allows them to bring the verdicts, which might be unpopular to the public. Moreover, the anonymity and secrecy also provide the juries a freedom to disregard the letters of the law. The secrecy of the jury allowed them to be entirely discrete when making the …show more content…
However, the anonymity of the jury is protected in certain cases, as there is the security threat to the jury in criminal cases. The selection of a jury is done by the defense and the prosecution. Potential jurors are selected from the pool of citizens and their anonymity is protected in some of the criminal cases to safeguard their lives and this practice is followed in Maryland. When the court gathers the pool of jurors, the defense and the prosecution started challenging the member during the examination of Voir dire. The process of Voir dire is taken place by the prosecutor and the defense to ensure the bias feeling of the