13 Facts About Jury trial

Jury trial, or trial by jury, is a lawful proceeding in which a jury makes a decision or findings of fact.

The modern jury trial was first introduced in the Rhenish provinces in 1798, with a court consisting most commonly of 12 citizens.

In Constance the jury trial was suppressed by decree of the Habsburg monarchy in 1786.

Many British colonies, including the United States, adopted the English common law system in which trial by jury is an important part.

The Queensland Jury trial Act 1995 allows majority verdicts for all crimes except for murder and other offences that carry a life sentence, although only 11:1 or 10:1 majorities are allowed.

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Generally, it is the accused person who is entitled to elect whether their trial will proceed by judge alone or by judge and jury; however, for the most severe criminal offences—murder, treason, intimidating Parliament, inciting to mutiny, sedition, and piracy—trial by jury is mandatory unless the prosecution consents to trial by judge alone.

In Tran v The Queen, it was held that an accused only has to show that they were excluded from a part of the Jury trial that affected their vital interests, they do not have to demonstrate actual prejudice, just the potential for prejudice.

Jury trial system was abolished in South Africa in 1969 by the Abolition of Juries Act, 1969.

The right to jury trial isn't just a hallowed principle but a practice that ensures that one class of people don't sit in judgement over another and the public have confidence in an open and representative justice system.

English common law and the United States Constitution recognize the right to a jury trial to be a fundamental civil liberty or civil right that allows the accused to choose whether to be judged by judges or a jury.

Jury trial's deliberations are conducted in private, out of sight and hearing of the judge, litigants, witnesses, and others in the courtroom.

The right to a jury trial in civil cases does not extend to the states, except when a state court is enforcing a federally created right, of which the right to trial by jury is a substantial part.

Civil cases, a jury trial must be demanded within a certain period of time per Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 38.