38 According to the article, what is the major feature of a jury verdict?
(A)Jury members are experts on legal arguments.
(B)All jury members share the responsibility of the final verdict.
(C)The final verdict is reached by a majority vote.
(D)The final verdict is reached by a group of common, ordinary people.
統計: A(10), B(44), C(38), D(107), E(0) #338571
詳解 (共 6 筆)
According to the article, what is the major feature of a jury verdict? 陪審團的主要特徵是?
第一段第二句:
The jury is made up of members of the general population—individuals who typically have little or no legal training.
陪團就是一群普通人啊,只有一點點或根本沒接受過法律訓練
(D)The final verdict is reached by a group of common, ordinary people.
最終的裁決是由陪審團下的(法官只是維持秩序和程序進行)
對英美法制有一點常識的話,就可以直接選答案了
In both civil and criminal court cases in the United States, a jury is called to give a verdict. 裁決
The jury is made up of members of the general population—individuals who typically have little or no legal training.
Such a jury is valued because it offers a trial by one’s peers.
In preparation for hearing a court case, a jury must understand the presumption of innocence 無罪推定and the burden of proof.舉證責任
Before a legal trial審判, an explanation is read to jurors, as follows: “The defendant被告 enters this courtroom as an innocent person, and you must consider him to be an innocent person until the State convinces you beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty of every element of the alleged offense. 宣稱的罪刑
If, after all the evidence and arguments, you have a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s having committed any one or more of the elements of the offense, then you must find him not guilty.”
In determining whether or not the State has proven the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, jury members should be guided only by a full and fair evaluation評估 of the evidence.
Jurors should not be influenced by their own personal bias or sympathy.偏見或同情