LGLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Life Insurance, Traffic Court
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How many jurors must agree on the verdict: depends if civil or criminal case, criminal must be unanimous, civil trials has 8-12 jurors. 5/6 of jury must agree: hung jury if all 12 can"t agree. Da has the right to retry you. Voir dire jury selection process; to speak the truth : not trying to obtain a fair jury but one that will help you win. Challenge for cause: bias or prejudice, unlimited, judge decides. Pre-emptory challenge: discretionary challenges don"t need to explain why, attorney decides, limited number. Jury selection process: england judge selects the first 12 people and merely asks, can you give a fair hearing to both sides? , you can"t discriminate (gender, race, ethnicity, age, religion) Jurisdiction where will the case be heard: refers to the power of the court to hear a case and grant relief, requirements: Traffic court would not hear a divorce case. Tax court would not hear an immigration case.
