Thursday, October 28, 2010

I'll take a trial by jury

The 7th Amendment guarantees an accused person the right to have a trial by jury in most civil cases and also guarantees that facts decided by those juries cannot be reexamined at a later date. This amendment is important to me because I'd rather have the prosecution try to convince 12 people I'm guilty instead of 1. Having a 12 person jury allows your lawyer to appeal to multiple people for your defense and increase your chances of an acquital.


Your fate is decided by a jury of your peers, though sometimes this isn't always the case. For those times its not, we have appellate courts.

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