Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jury Trial, Robert Pickton, Henry Morgentaler
21 Sep 2016
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Psych 2990 week 1 psychology and the law. The canadian jury selecting 12 representatives and impartial peers. Most canadians believe they have a basic right to be tried by a jury. Against the peace of our lady the queen, her crown and dignity right to jury trial guaranteed in criminal code. The role of juries: apply the law as defined by judges, to the admissible evidence, to render a unanimous verdict of guilty or not guilty. Characteristics of a good jury : must be representative of the community where the crime occurred, jury must resemble the community, 30-40yrs ago juries were mainly white males. Typical selection procedure: obtain list of people in community (e. g. , voter registration, census, phone book) Jury pool : randomly select a group of people from pool (e. g. , 100) Jury panel : each person on panel is sent a jury summons (court order to appear for jury duty) criminal offense to ignore jury summons.
