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ELA By: Leo R. & Celine C. September, 2011

ELA By: Leo R. & Celine C. September, 2011. How Jury Members are chosen in Massachusetts ?. All citizens must be 18 or older and are legal residents of Massachusetts. Jury members are choose randomly through: Voter Registration Drivers License

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ELA By: Leo R. & Celine C. September, 2011

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  1. ELA By: Leo R. & Celine C. September, 2011

  2. How Jury Members are chosen in Massachusetts ? • All citizens must be 18 or older and are legal residents of Massachusetts. • Jury members are choose randomly through: • Voter Registration • Drivers License • Each Juror is entitle to one postponement up to one year for original date.

  3. Why is it important to serve… • Our Constitutions entitle all the right to jury trial. • This right protects our freedom • Serving as a Juror – Helps protect and ensure our Constitutional rights for all !

  4. What is required of a Juror • As a Juror you should… • Listen to the judge • Be fair and impartial • Do not discuss the case • Do not read or research information related to the case

  5. Britain & America Legal Service Britain America • No special requirements get immediately hired after passing a US bar exam. • British lawyers are called solicitors. • British barristers judges are usually independent rather than salaried or part of a partnership a courthouse • Need to go to college law school get degrees • In America we call them lawyers • Judges in America are usually salaried and have partnerships with courts

  6. Compensation • First 3 days of Jury Duty your employer is required to pay you. • On the 4 day of Jury Duty the State of Massachusetts will pay you $50.00 a day.

  7. 10 DISQUALIFICATIONS • 1 .You are not a U.S. Citizen • 2. You are 70 years or older • 3. You are under 18 years • 4. You cannot speak or understand English • 5. You moved permanently outside the U.S.

  8. 10 DISQUALIFICATIONS continued • 6. You are living outside the U.S for more than a year • 7. If you are convicted, charged with a felony in the passed 7 years or in custody • 8. If you have served in the passed three years • 9. You are physically or mentally incapable • 10. You are a primary caregiver for a disabled person in your household

  9. Hyperlink • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGvQtumNAY

  10. Sources • Juror Instructions • Trail Juror’s handbook • http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2004/09/ • www.m-w.com

  11. Questions “You could wish for this to be your jail cell but, it’s not where you’re going ”

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