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Briefly outline where juries can be found and explain the selection and qualification procedures used in the jury system.
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Juries A) Briefly outline where juries can be found and explain the selection and qualification procedures used in the jury system. Juries can be seen in many areas of our legal system. The most obvious is when they are found in the Crown Court, deciding the verdict of the trial. However jury trials account for less than one per cent of all criminal trials, but nevertheless play an important role in cases such as murder and rape. Juries are also seen in the High Court, dealing with such cases as defamation, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and allegations of fraud, they will decide if the accused is liable and if so decide the amount awarded in damages. The County Court also uses juries for the same types of cases as the High Court, and their role is also identical. The last court to use juries is that of the Coroner's Court, where the...
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