PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Voir Dire, Peremptory Challenge, Jury Selection

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2400
• Professor: Adelle Forth

Document Summary

Photo; lady of justice; sword in hand melt punishment, scales of justice; balances/weighs both sides (guilty/innocent), blind folded; justice should be blind and not persuaded only based on the evidence. Judicial systems: adversarial: make decisions based on evidence present evidence to the judge, inquistatorial judge is actually involved in the investigation. Consists of 12 people (canada) 6/8 in us. Final verdict must be unanimous (everyone must say yes) Most cases are heard by judge only. If there is a plea of guilt, then there is no need for juries. Representativeness; randomly selected from community (cid:862)jur(cid:455) of o(cid:374)e"s peers(cid:863) Impartial; jurors need to set aside all biases or prejudices. Jury selection occurs in 2 stages; venire and voir dire; the (cid:448)e(cid:374)ire is the su(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:862)jur(cid:455) dut(cid:455)(cid:863)(cid:895)- 100-150 individuals; voire dire is the interview process where the lawyers ask questions and select the jury based on their responses. Some occupations are exempt from jury duty (police officers, lawyers etc. )