Do you have a Jury System in your country?

We do have jury duty here in the US. In Florida, a jury is selected from all residents with a driver's license. It used to be selected from registered voters. Since I worked for attorneys for over 20 years, most of the time I didn't get picked for jury duty. I've only served one time in my life and it was on a case to decide how much the state had to pay for land they needed for a new interstate in our county. I'm in a large county and wasn't omitted from the jury pool because I worked for attorneys; but when I lived in one of the smaller counties in our state, I was excluded because I worked for one of the 3 attorneys in town. I would hate to serve on a jury trial that might run for months for two reasons: 1. I still work part time; and 2. It's a 25 mile drive from my house to the courthouse and would take me over an hour to get there with all the horrible traffic we have here (at my age, I do NOT drive the interstate any longer). I'm glad we do have jury trials here, although you can request a trial by a judge if you prefer. It's all about whether you think a judge or jury will side with you.

In America every defendant has the right to a jury trial. Not all defendants chose to have one and there are several process choices that can be made. But since this thread is about juries and jury selection I will address those issues. Each court district sends out notices for it's citizens to report for jury duty. The citizens report and are asked some basic questions to ascertain their ability to serve on a jury. This creates a jury pool from which a jury selection for all cases can be made. To chose a jury for a particular trial, the attorney for the defense and the attorney for the state can question each juror, both the defense and the state have a selected number of challenges and chances to dismiss a juror without cause. Once a selection of 12 persons with I believe it is 4 alternates is chosen the rest of the pool is once again available to be selected for another trial. Reason for not attending jury duty are working out of state or country. Military duty. Medical such as brittle diabetes or cancer treatments. Hearing issues. Mental health issues. Comprehension issues. Just to name a few. Not everyone is suited for jury duty for many reasons and should not serve even if they desire to. The judgement by peers is supposed to be fair and unpartiel, yet fairness is questionable at times. They can only consider the evidence put before them, often evidence which leaves out many factors. The quality of evidence is sometimes questionable. So as to fairness, it is as fair as it can be under the circumstances. Unless or until something better comes along this is the system we have and it is a system which appears to work fairly well.

When I lived in the U.S. I served several times on a jury. I feel it is every person's responsibility to serve as a juror if called upon to do so. I would hope that if I ever had to face a jury that there would be some intelligent, reponsible, and fair people on my jury. I also served in the Grand Jury for a 12 month stint. It usually involve about 3 days out of every month and was in a different city from where I lived. I have to say that it was a very interesting experience and I got a first-hand view of how out justice system works and I felt very honored to be called upon. If I lived there I would do it again if asked.

As you are also from Aust i have not need to tell you our system but what i think would also add to this discussion( not that it isn't good as i think it is great) is in your country are you guilty and have to prove innocence or no guilty and have to bee proven innocent. I think in Greece you are guilty and have to prove innocence. to reply to your question i have been called once but never actually sat on the jury i was an emergency so i say for 3 days and done nothing it was so boring

We used to have a jury system right here in Malaysia but it was abolished in the mid 80's as the general populace is not that open about convicting their fellow citizens of a crime, even though the accused is guilty as charged.I think it due to our mindset.

As you know we do have one in Australia .... it is a good system plus it allows people to be tried by their peers .... that seems a lot better than some old judge sitting in judgement. I have served on a jury ones .... many years ago .... would never do it again as I was there for 6 days. The boss had to pay me for being there .... but that was only my base pay .... didn't compensate me for the money I lost on the loads. The trial itself wasn't all that interesting either .... and it is hard to follow some of the technical stuff .... that is why it took so long because they had to explain it all to us .... many times. A person in Australia is considered innocent until proven guilty ..... and although we all thought the person was guilty as charged the prosecution didn't offer the proof .... or at least in a language that the Jury could understand. It is good that Australia has such a system ..... and like I said the prosecutor has to prove the case or the person walks free. People should not be able to get out of jury duty .... unless they are a legal person or something like that ..... and everyone should have their turn doing jury duty.

we don't have jury system right here in indonesia.

I am a teen ager and live in Pakistan. We people do n't have any jury system. Pakistan's judicial system stems directly from the system that was used in British India. The Supreme Court has original, appellate, and advisory jurisdictions. The president of Pakistan appoints the justices. Each province has a high court, the judges of which are also named by the president. Below the high courts are district and session courts, and below these are subordinate courts and village courts on the civil side and magistrates on the criminal side. There are no jury trials in Pakistan. If there'll be jury system, i'll take responsibilites and will serve but there is no jury system yet in Pakistan.

I live in California and there is a jury system here, in fact I am sitting here with my notice to appear for jury duty on December 11 and I think it will be a great experience and something I can do for the community. No matter what kind of trial it is I'm sure it will be interesting if nothing else.

I live in the US so there is a jury system for the trials here. I don't think it's always fair and balanced but it's better than nothing. I haven't been on a jury before. I think the process would be interesting to go through.

No. we don't have that form of judicial system.

Yes, I live in the U.S. We have a jury system and they are picked from the general population. I think it is picked from people who are registered to vote. I have been picked twice to serve and haven't served either time. The first time my boss insisted that I get off. The second time my mom had just had a stroke and I couldn't leave her alone and there was no one else to stay withher. Yes, I would be prepared to serve if circumstances allowed me. Although I probably wouldn't like for it to drag on for months, it is my duty. I'm glad we do have a good jury selection in most cases but I'm not too crazy about some of the justice system rules, esp. the facts that certain things can't be heard by the jury when it pertains to the crime. Overall its a pretty good system but there are still some kinks in it.

We do have jury duty here. The jurors used to be chosen from people who had registered to vote. However, less and less people were registering to vote. So now it is simply chosen by drivers license numbers. I have never been chosen for jury duty. However, I wouldn't try to get out of it either. I wouldn't "want" to do it, or find it appealing. I would still go because I would feel it is my duty as an American.

yes i have a Jury System in your country

ya our country has the jury system. i don't want to on jury duty. its a very difficult one because on ur decition some body's life depends

we have a jury system ere , and im lucky not to have been called up for jury duty im in australia :)

Yes, here in Australia we have a jury system. We pretty much follow the English Law System. I've never been summoned but my hubby has. They usually have about 12-15 sitting in, but 12 primary (I believe) I would love to serve, though I must admit it would be tough to serve on a jury making a decision against an alleged child murderer or rapist.

No

yes we have a jury system in australia and i think its a good thing to have.

I rather not do jury duty.