Anyone been here on jury service before. Any tales from jury service that stand out.
And if served on jury, what did you look for in a person to decide guilty/not guilty.
I have never been on jury service and am 40 years old, but would love to do it.","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51099104","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"adam.mt"},"datePublished":"2023-09-30T23:24:17.000Z","text":"The purpose is to decide based upon the evidence presented (and only that). You're not deciding based on a person's look!
...body language, consistency, what and how it's said, will all form part of this evidence. Also, not being 100% accurate or believable doesn't necessarily indicate guilt."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51099497","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"KodaBear"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T06:51:01.000Z","text":"You don’t look for any characteristics in a person to decide guilty or not guilty. They make it very clear before you go to deliberations that you ONLY decide based on the evidence presented in the courtroom and your own existing knowledge of the relevant topics discussed. You can do no additional research nor can you use external factors or personal prejudices against the person.
If you believe that based on the evidence there is no reasonable doubt that they could not be guilty, they are guilty. If there is reasonable doubt you deliberate further. If you think they are not guilty then you all discuss that instead until hopefully all the jury are in agreement."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51099697","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"tek-monkey"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T07:49:08.000Z","text":"Got my call up for next month, will be the first time I've done it."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51101283","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark_Hickman"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T12:27:54.000Z","text":"They sent for me and i didn't want to do it so i just told them i was deaf and it worked, they didn't even ask for proof "},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51099842","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Moss.b"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T08:17:53.000Z","text":"In long trials where jury cant reach a verdict and this happens again and again and again. Surely at this point the jury just want to go home because they are people like us right? so they all going to change to guilty because people are negative. That's why it needs to be scrapped."},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https://www.hotukdeals.com/comments/permalink/51099906","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"tek-monkey"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T08:26:23.000Z","text":"I've got a question about claiming loss of earnings, if anyone can help?
It says what you can claim depends on how long you're at court, but you have to take the whole day offf work as you don't know how long you'll be there, so in theory you could end up very out of pocket? You have to tell your boss in advance, so thats a week gone, but what if you go in each day and they say they don't need you? You're looking at getting about £160, which you'll have to wait to get the claim through, but you lost a weeks work which 7.5 hours a day at NMW is more like £380?
This is what the gov page says:
Loss of earnings, childcare and other care costs
How much you can claim to cover loss of earnings and care costs depends on the length of your jury service and how many hours you spend at court each day.
For the first 10 days of jury service, you can claim up to: