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ADVANTAGE - represents society
- sit as a panel of a range of people, greater chance of relating to D
- gives an ordinary persons perspective
ADVANTAGE - public confidence
- society prefers jurors as it makes legal system fair and democratic
ADVANTAGE - secrecy of jury room
- free from pressure in their decision
- protects jury
ADVANTAGE - jury equity
- don’t need to give reasons for decision
- jury found Kay Gilderdale not guilty when she killed her daughter with euthanasia
DISADVANTAGE - don’t represent society
- not always a mix of society, random
- also some people disqualified/ineligible
DISADVANTAGE - perverse decisions
- when juries ignore facts and evidence and make decision based on moral
- means there are inconsistencies between juries
DISADVANTAGE - secrecy of jury room
- no reason has to be given so there is no way to understand how decision was reached
DISADVANTAGE - media influence
- when high profile cases are covered by media this could sway and influence jury
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