PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Misdemeanor, The Delay
5 May 2015
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Contents: the right to a jury in canada, three functions of a jury, characteristics of a jury, four sources of jury bias (sing, the right to a jury in canada. Summary offences: (aka misdemeanour) small crimes that result in fines and community services. You do not have the right to a jury. Indictable offences: (aka felonies) serious crimes such as murder and rape. You do have a right to a juror. Hybrid offences: a combination of the above: three functions of a jury. Decide facts from trial evidence to determine what happened; they"re not supposed to use facts from publicity or other biases. Educate the citizens (jurors) about our legal system. Community consciousness to reflect the ideas and beliefs of the community. jury. Nullification: where the jury decides to ignore the law when making their decisions (morgan taller) Do not sentence: characteristics of a jury. We"re supposed to have the follow characteristics in a jury:
