PSYC 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jury Trial, Victims Family, Penrod

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Kaitlyn McLachlan

Document Summary

In canada, juries have long formed an important aspect of our common law approach to adjudicating criminal justice matters. You or someone you know has likely received a summons to serve on a jury. Imagine yourself in this scenario: you"ve received a jury summons that requires you to appear in court for selection for jury duty in 3 weeks. You"re busy studying for final exams and have been working two jobs to make ends meet. Now imagine you"ve been selected to be on a jury. You learn that it will be a murder trial where you will have to spend weeks learning about complex legal concepts and very emotionally difficult details concerning the murder case that may involve upsetting photographs and testimony. You"ll be asked to consider all evidence presented and as a group make sense of it all and reach a decision that is fair and just.