WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF THE JURY
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JURY REFORM WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF THE JURY |
From the list below, select the three most importance reasons in your view for having a jury system. Compare your choices with another student, then prepare to explain your choices to the class.
| ______ | Achieve fair and impartial justice |
| ______ | Assess the evidence |
| ______ | Bring closure to difficult cases/conflicts |
| ______ | Determine guilt/liability or innocence |
| ______ | Discover the truth |
| ______ | Establish the facts of a case |
| ______ | Fight corruption |
| ______ | Give the people a voice in government |
| ______ | Improve the efficiency of the legal system |
| ______ | Increase the acceptance of verdicts by the community |
| ______ | Make the legal system more predictable |
| ______ | Preserve individual liberty |
| ______ | Promote a sense of openness and fairness |
| ______ | Protect the rights of the accused |
| ______ | Provide a democratic check on government |
| ______ | Quicken the legal process |
| ______ | Save money in the legal system |
| ______ | School for popular education in democratic principles |
| ______ | Other __________________________________ |