Jury
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A jury is a sworn body of people convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Most trial
An empty jury box at an American courtroom in Pershing County, Nevada
A session of a German citizens' assembly in 2019. The participants sit around tables for deliberation in small groups.
The Jury, an 1861 painting by John Morgan of a British jury, all of whom then had to be men
Notice mailed to summon a potential juror to a US court in 2007
Jury trial
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A jury trial, or trial by jury, is a legal proceeding in which a jury makes findings of fact and reaches a verdict. It is distinguished from a bench trial, in which a judge or panel of judges makes al
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…of ordinary members of the community to consider crimes was unusual in ancient cultures, but was nonetheless also found in ancient Greece. The modern jury trial evolved out of this custom in the mid-12th century during the reign of Henry II. Juries, usually 6 or 12 men, were an "ancient institution" even then…
Drawing from a 1920 edition of W. S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads