PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jury Nullification, Hung Jury, Actus Reus
22 Apr 2016
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Juries act: provincial and territorial legislation that outlines the eligibility criteria for jury service and how prospective jurors must be selected. Jury summons: a court order that states a time and place to go for jury duty. Representativeness: a jury composition that represents the community where the crime occurred. Impartiality: a characteristic of jurors who are unbiased. Change of venue: moving a trial to a community other than the one in which the crime occurred. Adjournment: delaying the trial until sometime in the future. Challenge for cause: an option to reject biased jurors. Jury nullification: occurs when a jury ignores the law and the evidence, rendering a verdict based on some other criteria. Chaos theory: the theory that when jurors are guided by their emotions and personal biases rather than by the law, chaos in judgments results. Deliberation: when jury members discuss the evidence privately among themselves to reach a verdict that is then provided to the court.
