Please Can Anyone Here

[Psybbo]

tell me what is an acceptable jury majority?

[DTCwordfan]

10-2 I believe, Psybbo -very, very occasionally 9-3. After that, it's a re-trial.

[Psybbo]

Thank you DTC

[Old_Jim]

In England and Wales, the judge can accept a 10:2 majority - but he is not obliged to.

[DTCwordfan]

http://www.thelawpages.com/law-forum/show_thread.php?Topic_ID=442

[Jennykenny]

My one experience on a jury was 'solved' with a 10 - 2 vote. Thank God for it as one guy said immediately we got into the jury room that he was not going to vote guilty.
It was a relatively minor case of fraud, but had it been a serious case in the States, he, the juror, would have been responsible for getting a possibly dangerous criminal off.

[Psybbo]

Thank you all for your replies.

[FredPuli43]

If the judge has given the 'majority direction' that the jury not having reached a unanimous verdict, they should endeavour to reach one, but, if they cannot, the judge will now accept a majority verdict, the judge is obliged to accept a majority verdict,, a verdict upon which at least ten of them (with a jury of 12) are agreed. He cannot refuse to accept one then.

When the judge gives that direction is a matter for the judge himself, which he makes according to the length and complexity of the case and from observing and hearing what the jury says, through the foreman in open court, when asked whether they are unanimous, and he also gets clues from the kind of questions the jury ask and what is said when asked whether there is any part of the law or evidence about which they wish to have further assistance. There is a minimum time of two hours in all cases to which is added time for the jury to assemble in court and withdraw again.

Guessing when a jury will return with a verdict is a dark art but the practice of counsel running a sweepstake on the time, with money changing hands in open court, has been judicially discouraged ! (The money now changes hands outside the courtroom).

[Peter Pedant]

anyway - I hope you get off psybbo

I will pray....I mean otherwise you'll have to post under clinko or slammo and that would be terrible

[DTCwordfan]

Habeas Corpus perhaps?

Is Psybbs keeping Tony imprisoned?

[Psybbo]

Peter that made me laugh so much, you have to have Best Answer but my sincere thanks to Fred and all

[Psybbo]

DTC, I'm still spluttering here, so innocent of all charges xx