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Juries, those deliberative bodies in trial courts that determine the innocence or guilt of the defendant, are a fundamental democratic institution. Juries are composed of citizens, in principle randomly drawn from the adult population, and as a body of citizens, juries determine community justice. Juries, then, are deliberative democracy in action, where the power to define justice resides squarely in the hands of the people. Juries not only provide citizens with a direct political voice in shaping justice, but juries also offset the power of the state by situating decision making with citizens rather than rulers. For defendants, the right to trial by jury is specified in the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the US Constitution.
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Juries, those deliberative bodies in trial courts that determine the innocence or guilt of the defendant, are a fundamental democratic institution.
Juries are composed of citizens, in principle randomly drawn from the adult population, and as a body of citizens, juries determine community justice.
Juries, then, are deliberative democracy in action, where the power to define justice resides squarely in the hands of the people.
Juries not only provide citizens with a direct political voice in shaping justice, but juries also offset the power of the state by situating decision making with citizens rather than rulers.
For defendants, the right to trial by jury is specified in the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the US Constitution.
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