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Purpose Of Trial Jury In Philadelphia
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Grand juries also do not receive any exculpatory evidence, meaning that they cannot hear evidence that goes against the prosecutor's case. They do not hear any evidence that suggests the innocence of the accused persons.
Jury trials provide an opportunity for citizens to participate in the judicial process. Jury trials give citizens on the jury the power to make a decision on the case. People who serve on juries routinely have a greater respect for the system when they leave.
The advantages of a trial by jury include: Jurors don't know all the rules. Although the judge and opposing counsel can prevent improper evidence and questions from getting through, they cannot catch all of them. Jurors listen to their emotions.
Jury works in most cases having to deal with criminal penalty because you have more people who are looking at the evidence and could help you from being subject to one lone decision.
The Criminal Grand Jury hears evidence brought by the District Attorney's Office to determine on the basis of this evidence whether a crime has been committed and whether a certain person should be charged with a crime and required to stand trial in the Superior Court.
The petit jury listens to evidence offered during a trial and returns a verdict. A verdict in a civil case may be a finding for the plaintiff or for the defendant. A verdict in a criminal case finds the defendant guilty or not guilty. Grand Jury: A grand jury hears only criminal matters.
Jury questionnaires must be filled out completely and returned within 20 days of the postmark on questionnaire.
The commissioner of jurors may bring a noncompliance proceeding against a person who fails to respond to the juror qualification questionnaire or summons to appear for jury service by serving upon such person, either personally or by first-class mail, a notice of noncompliance in a form prescribed by the Chief ...
They are intended to find out if any potential jurors have anything that would make them unsuitable for this particular trial, such as personally knowing any of the parties or witnesses, or to what extent have they already heard about the situation, etc.
For example, write something like “My name is Jane Doe. On (date), I received a jury summons for (court date) at (court address) and was assigned the juror number (insert number here). I am writing to request to be excused from jury service because being absent from work would pose an extreme financial hardship.”