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"The present selection, exclusion, exemption and challenge procedures ensure that juries will never be representative of the public conscience" Discuss.
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ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM COURSEWORK QUESTION 2 : "The present selection, exclusion, exemption and challenge procedures ensure that juries will never be representative of the public conscience" Discuss. ANSWER; Juries in England often described as the "the jewel in the Crown", with 12 different faces on the jury that is its strength, of course there are automatic exemptions: for criminals and bankrupts and more importantly for professionals like lawyers, judges, prison officers and police. Others, like doctors, can seek exemptions. It's tighter in some States than others, but after all the exclusions, exemptions and excuses - and let's not forgets the defence is entitled to challenge if they don't like the jury. Juries Act 1974 is the act governing the juries system in UK. Juries system been form in UK for insure the public justice system will be fairly deliver and up hold the justice, yet the present selection, exclusion, exemption and...
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