Criminal Trial

​Trial by Jury

By Victoria Faculty

Multiple Select

Why was trial by jury established in England?

• to check the actions of the government

• to settle disputes

• involve citizens in the decision making

Multiple Choice

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants the right to trial by jury in a criminal trial?

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

Multiple Choice

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution grants the right to trial by jury in a civil lawsuit?

• 4th

• 5th

• 6th

• 7th

Multiple Choice

Juries decide less than __ percent of criminal cases and less than __ percent of civil cases.

• 80 and 40

• 4 and 1

• 1 and 4

• 55 and 60

Multiple Choice

Why has there been a decrease in a trial by jury in the United States legal system?

• Defendants are accepting and agreeing to plea bargains.

• The cost of jury trials is too high.

• The jury selection process is too lengthy.

• The jury pool is not diverse enough.

Multiple Choice

What is the benefit of a defendant accepting a plea bargain?

• The defendant is allowed to go home.

• The defendant is found not guilty.

• The defendant receives less jail time.

• The defendant is able to avoid a criminal record.

Multiple Choice

Plea bargaining occurs in over ___ percent of criminal cases. 

• 90

• 4

• 75

• 50

Multiple Select

What are three downsides of using juries?

• They do not make decisions based on evidence 

• They may be biased

• They can make errors

• They can be costly and time consuming

• There aren't enough people to form juries consistently

Multiple Select

What are three advantages of using juries?

• Jurors are more representative of the general population

• They don't have the same incentives as prosecutors,

  legislators,

  or judges in

  seeking reelection or promotion.

• They give ordinary citizens

  a central role in upholding the social fabric.

• They can be costly and time consuming

• They serve as a check on the government

Multiple Select

Which of the following are NOT adequate reasoning for excusing a potential juror?

• Race

• Gender

• Cause

• Peremptory challenge

Multiple Choice

What happens if a jury is deadlocked and cannot reach a verdict?

• The judge will declare a mistrial and a new trial may take place.

• The judge will declare a mistrial and the case is dismissed and thrown out.

• The judge will declare a mistrial and render his or her own ruling on the case.

Multiple Select

impartial

• not favoring one more than another

• favoring one more than another

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of voir dire?

• question potential jurors to ensure an impartial jury

• question potential witnesses to ensure an impartial jury

• question potential attorneys to ensure an impartial jury

Multiple Choice

Which of these reasons would be a reason that the defense in the Derek Chauvin case might strike a juror "for cause".

• The potential juror doesn't have any social media

• The potential juror has had a family member harmed during encounter with the police

• The potential juror played on the same basketball team with Derek Chauvin

• The potential juror has family members in law enforcement

Multiple Choice

Which of these reasons would be a reason that the state in the Derek Chauvin case might use a peremptory strike on a juror?

• The potential juror doesn't have any social media

• The potential juror has had a family member harmed during encounter with the police

• The potential juror played on the same basketball team with Derek Chauvin

• The potential juror has family members in law enforcement

Multiple Choice

Which one of these preemptory strikes might trigger the Batson Challenge?

• The defense used their preemptory strikes to eliminate black jurors in the Derek Chauvin case stating they could not deliver a fair verdict

• The state removed anyone related to someone in law enforcement from the jury in the Derek Chauvin case citing that there could a conflict of interest with the case.

• Anyone who said they could not be impartial were struck from the jury by both sides in the Derek Chauvin case