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To be eligible for jury service a person must be aged between 18/70 and be registered to vote on the electoral register as se out in the juries Act 1974, as amended by Criminal Justice Act of 1988.
However some people, who qualify under the criteria above, are still not allowed to serve on a jury, because they are disqualified or ineligible for some other reason. Some criminal convictions will disqualify you from serving on a jury, the length of time of disqualification depending on the sentence given. ...
Apart from these group there are also people who have the right to refuse to do jury service; they are excusable as of right this group includes:
Members of Parliament, those serving in the armed forces, doctors, nurses and pharmacist anyone aged 65 to 70, anyone who has done jury service within the last years. ...
Juries are not used in the magistrates courts, the sworn duty of the jury is to faithfully try the defendant and give a true verdict according to the evidence. ...
The court will have a list of names and if there are more than 12 waiting, the clerk will choose 12 to from the jury, this part of the selection process is done in public in the courtroom with the clerk reading out the name of those chores as the 12 jurors come into the jury box it is possible that some of them may be challenged by either the prosecution or the celefence. This is only done if there is a reason why the juror should not sit on the jury, eg because they are disqualified or because they know the defendant.
Approximate Word count = 1319
Approximate Pages = 5.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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