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Juries Juries are also used in certain civil cases such as defamation, slander and false imprisonment. When used in cases they have to decide weather the claimant has successfully proved his or her claim, they also decide the amount of money that is awarded in damages, this differs from the criminal court, where the only decision is whether the defendant is guilty or not. Jury are lay persons they are non-qualified in law. The jury system dates back to after the Norman Conquest in Britain and throughout centuries it has developed to become a fundamental part of the English legal system. The Magna-Charta recognised the persons rights to trial by the "Lawful judgement of his peers" this became a usual method of trying criminal cases the notable case of "Bushel 1670" established independent of the jury, in Bushels case where several of the juries refused to bring in a guilty verdict...

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