PSYC 3020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Telephone Directory, Hung Jury, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Kaitlyn McLachlan

Document Summary

In canada, only a few are tried by jury, while the remainder are heard and ruled by judges alone. Criminal code, such as robbery, arson and sexual assault with a weapon: hybrid offences are a cross between indictable offences and summary offences with a maximum sentence of 5+ years in prison if they proceed with indictment. In canada, criminal trials have 12-person juries: if you are selected by the juror pool, you will be a juror unless one of the lawyers presents a challenge. There are 2 types of challenges lawyers can use to reject a potential juror: peremptory challenge:both the crown and defense are allowed a limited number of peremptory challenges. In murder trials, each side has 20, whereas in other crimes usual it is 12. They can be used to reject jurors who they believe are unlikely to reach a verdict in their favour.