In February 1998, the Home Office Issued a Green Paper

question 24

Multiple Choice

In February 1998, the Home Office issued a Green Paper entitled Juries in Serious Fraud Trials. Match the proposals to their meaning
-Special juries

• A)Specially trained judges, either singly or in a panel, and possibly with the help of lay experts
• B)These would be made up of qualified people and might be drawn from a special pool of potential jurors
• C)The judge would hear the evidence and sum up the facts, leaving the jury simply to vote on guilt or innocence
• D)11 of the jury would be selected as normal, but number 12 would be qualified in order to be able to assist the others on complex points

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