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information specific to your location and situation look online for relevant handbooks and guides types of trials jurors can serve on grand juries as well as in criminal and civil trials this website deals primarily with the use of nullification in criminal trials where someone s freedom or even life is at risk key players in a criminal trial prosecution the state the lawyer or legal team representing the government including the makers and enforcers of the law defense the lawyer or legal team representing the defendant defendant the person accused of one or more crimes whose freedom and possibly life rests in the juror s hands judge the person like a referee responsible for ensuring all the players follow the law and obey the court s rules jury pool or venire all members of the community eligible for being called to serve as jurors prospective jurors those who have received a jury summons and showed up at the courthouse jurors those selected to serve on the current trial a trial may have 12 jurors or fewer alternate jurors those selected as backup jurors in case one or more of the main jurors becomes unable to serve or is dismissed from the jury jury consultant an expert consultant hired by one or more legal teams to describe that team s ideal juror or jury for this case and to advise assist them in the questioning and rejection of prospective jurors and in the selection of jurors and alternates bailiff one or more persons in charge of security in the courtroom bailiffs may be armed or unarmed law officers or may simply be law clerks or others given this role for this particular trial the bailiff also serves as the primary liaison between the jury and the judge during jury deliberations and or sequestration witnesses those called to testify under oath regarding evidence in the trial court reporter stenographer recorder the person who documents everything said during a trial using shorthand or a stenographic machine which then converts the shorthand notations into human readable text observers people may be allow to sit in the courtroom to observe the trial as long as they respect the rules of the court court watchers defendants may ask friends or associates to observe the trial and perhaps take note of key events and actions they are observers with the specific purpose of monitoring the proceedings for the defendant s benefit media reporters news media representatives may be allowed to attend and observe the trial as well as long as they respect the rules of the court the trial process jury summons the document that comes in the mail requiring you to appear in court for jury duty yes there are many ways to get out of jury duty but once you know about your powers as a juror you will see that you owe it to the defendant s to give them a fair and just trial prospective juror s first oath with this you simply agree to tell the truth during voir dire questioning for jury selection below you must be truthful during voir dire questioning or the ultimate verdict can be considered invalid causing a mistrial jury selection or voir dire the process in which those who received a jury duty summons are questioned by attorneys for both sides the state or government versus the defendant accused the objective of each side is to eliminate jurors they believe will be unfavorable to their side but there are limits on how many prospective jurors they can eliminate juror s second oath swearing in the jur y with this oath you agree to follow the judge s instructions regarding the law among other things this oath is a tradition that sounds official but is actually not enforceable opening statements remarks attorneys for each side explain the key aspects of the case to the jury and they try to influence the jury to see all the evidence from their perspective and to agree with them in the end witness testimony and introduction of evidence this is the bulk of the trial with each side calling witnesses questioning them and introducing evidence to support their side of the story the witnesses for one side can be cross examined by attorneys from the other side who will typically try to discredit or invalidate their testimony objections lawyers from either side can object to something said during the trial the judge can either sustain it accept it as information that should not be considered as part of the record and ask jurors to disregard it or overrule it allow it to stand as part of the official record and be considered in the verdict closing statements remarks arguments like the opening statements these are the opportunities for lawyers on each side to encourage the jury to see all the information presented during the trial in a way that supports their side these statements are typically heavy on emotional appeal deliberations once both sides rest are done presenting evidence and questioning witnesses and have given their closing arguments the jury will go to a private room to deliberate or talk about and decide what their verdict will be during deliberations no one but the bailiff will be allowed to communicate with the jurors choosing a foreperson the first step in deliberations is to choose a foreperson to be the jury s leader and spokesperson deciding a verdict after deliberating and possibly arguing with fellow jurors the jurors will vote on the verdict if the jurors are not all in agreement the process of discussion and voting will be repeated unanimous verdict when all jurors are in agreement they will announce to the bailiff that they have reached a unanimous verdict see hung jury definition in part 4 below sequestration sometimes for a long or highly charged trial jurors may be sequestered or provided accommodations where they can stay overnight away from outside influence reconvene reading of the verdict once the jury has reached a verdict the judge will call back all the participants to the courtroom the foreperson will then read the verdict jury polling sometimes the judge or one of the attorneys will want to ask each juror individually if they agreed with the verdict jurors only need to say yes or no here if they say no this means there was no unanimous verdict after all the judge will either ask the jury to deliberate longer or if it s obvious one or more jurors will never change their votes the judge can declare a mistrial which allows the parties to start all over wit a new trial and a different jury sentencing in many states sentencing punishment for defendants convicted of a crime is decided by the judge only however several states including texas allow juries to set or recommend sentencing this is the last phase of the trial if jury sentencing is not allowed the judge will dismiss the jury before the sentencing phase otherwise the jury remains seated until sentencing has been set and court is dismissed sentencing on acquitted charges is a particularly ugly practice in which defendants who have been acquitted of all but one charge in a list of charges can still be sentenced given punishments for all the charges in other words if you were charged with 10 serious violent crimes and were acquitted of 9 only being convicted of one mild crime you could still be sentenced to the punishments for all 10 crimes words used in court acquit to free someone from a criminal charge with a verdict of not guilty acquittal a legal judgment that a defendant is not guilty of specified crimes attorney vs lawyer most of us use these terms interchangeably but there is a practical difference lawyers are all those educated in the law attorneys are lawyers who have met the qualifications of a specific jurisdiction to represent others in court all attorneys are lawyers but not all lawyers are attorneys contempt contempt of court when someone breaks a rule of the court that person may be charged with contempt of court attorneys defendants witnesses observers jurors and even officers of the court can be charged with contempt if the judge considers the behavior damaging to the integrity and seriousness of the trial contempt charges can involve jail time convict kn vict to find someone guilty of a criminal charge a person who has been convicted may be called a convict con vict counsel another word to refer to a lawyer attorney in a trial hang the jury hung jury when one or more members of a jury simply cannot agree with the others on a verdict they hang the jury or create a hung jury in most cases the judge will work with the jury to help them come to a unanimous decision if at all possible because a new trial would be costly to everyone mistrial miss trial the judge can declare a mistrial which effectively cancels the current trial and allows the parties to start over with a new trial a mistrial can be declared if the jury absolutely cannot reach a unanimous verdict or if the judge finds evidence that any part of the process was compromised e g jurors lied about having no biases jurors conducted outside research or were influenced by other parties key evidence or conflicts of interest were withheld by either side s lawyers etc objection if information or actions are considered to be inappropriate for the jury to consider one of the attorneys can object to them the judge can sustain the objection accept it and instruct the jury to disregard it or overrule it and allow the information or action to be considered by the jury unanimous yoo nan uh muss agreement by all members of a group when all jurors agree on a verdict that is a unanimous verdict venire veneer all citizens eligible to be called for jury duty sometimes called the jury pool voir dire vwahr deer the jury selection phase of a trial when prospective jurors are questioned to determine their experiences and any biases that might make them less objective or fair the french term means speak the truth which jurors are asked to do when questioned surviving voir dire the jury selection process before you can serve justice for the defendant and for the community first you have to become a juror during voir dire attorneys or consultants for each side prosecution and defense are trying to identify potential jurors who will be unfavorable to their view of the case and to eliminate them from the jury there are limitations on how many prospective jurors they can reject so at some point they will have to take whomever is next what kind of questions will i face some attorneys may be lazy and will only ask yes no questions or may ask all of you to raise your hands to signify a yes or no answer to a question good attorneys on the other hand want to dig deeper to find out who you are and how you really feel about the crime the law and possibly the defendant or similar others race religion economic status drug experience history of crime etc to do that the attorneys need to ask open ended questions like how do you feel about and why they may ask a general question first then focus in on only those who said no to it they may ask why do you disagree with the premise of the previous question they may ask fred jones to express why he disagrees with mary smith or how mary feels about jane hill s views on this type of crime since jane has a very close connection to this type of crime this is the trickiest part for jury heroes to navigate because you must tell the truth here if you want to ensure a fair trial but you also don t want to be rejected for exposing some harmless fact if you don t have to here are a few tips that can help improve your odds of being selected as a juror a show up early at the courthouse on the date specified by the jury summons allow extra time for traffic getting lost etc b dress average be average even before the trial officially starts wear clothing that s not too casual not too dressy nice jeans are okay no shorts or flipflops be polite to others but not talkative the legal teams are already watching listening to see if they want you on their jury occupy yourself with something neutral crossword puzzle music on earphones non opinionated book magazine etc don t talk about jury power in the courtroom if you received a brochure outside read it outside then put it away c take the oath and tell the truth during questioning be truthful but brief in your answers say yes no or raise don t raise your hand to questions whenever that s an option when asked open ended questions like how do you feel about or why give the shortest honest answers possible if they ask if you ve been or know someone who has been a victim of this kind of crime give an honest yes or no if they ask if you ve been convicted of a crime be honest they may still seat you if you seem fair always show you re open minded and fair it depends is a good answer to show you ll consider all the evidence don t volunteer your knowledge of nullification however if they directly ask what you know be honest if vague you might be truthful in saying i ll consider all the facts and the law to determine a fair and just verdict or an answer like this might be true for you i don t really know a lot about it so i ll respect what the judge says or you might honestly say i don t know if it s totally legal i m just here to serve justice whatever it is in this case just remember that even your best efforts may not get you on the jury this time the parties may agree to a plea deal or they may have enough people to fill the jury before they get to you be proud you were called and showed up to serve justice you ll be called again d juror responsibilities power penalties draft only under construction jurors have the power to disregard the law and the facts of a case if that s what it takes to deliver a fair true and just verdict for the defendant and for society as a juror you must ask yourself if anyone was harmed in the breaking of this law if yes it might not serve justice to release that person back into the community to victimize others on the other hand if no one was harmed you should question the justness of the law itself or of this particular application of the law and refuse to convict the defendant with great power comes great responsibility you are also expected to be responsible and respectful in the courtroom however there are times when you must follow certain rules oaths or instructions and times when you don t there are penalties for breaking or disregarding some of these rules oaths or instructions and no penalties for others the main ones are discussed below remember always seek qualified legal advice before taking any legal actions jury selection voir dire oath what does the oath ask it simply asks you to tell the truth during the selection process in texas the oath says you and each of you solemnly swear that you will make true answers to such questions as may be propounded to you by the court or under its directions touching your service and qualifications as a juror so help you god do i have to obey yes you should always tell the truth during voir dire questioning however you can give very short answers without volunteering extra...