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penalty or judgment. Most trial juries are "petit juries", and consist of up to 15 people. A larger jury known as a grand jury has been used to investigate

the previous two. Grand juries perform both accusatory and investigatory functions. The investigatory functions of grand juries include obtaining and reviewing

and to disregard juries' guilty verdicts (not guilty verdicts cannot be disregarded), acting as a check against malicious juries. Jury nullification may

with the difficulties associated with hung juries has been to introduce supermajority verdicts to allow juries to convict defendants without unanimous agreements

governs grand juries. It requires grand juries to be composed of 16 to 23 members and that 12 members must concur in an indictment. A grand jury is instructed

Juries Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom relating to juries. The Juries (Ireland) Act 1833 (3

juries. Civil juries are available in the United States and Canada in almost all cases where the only remedy sought is money damages. Coroner's jury Grand

informed of jury nullification is likely to affect the judgement of juries when they decide on verdicts. One study that looked into 144 juries showed that

The Jury may refer to: Jury, a body of persons convened to render a verdict in a legal situation The Jury (comics), a fictional group of armored vigilantes

However, juries composed solely of one racial group are legal in the United States and other countries. While the racial composition of juries is not dictated