Defense and prosecution are entitled to exercise a limited number of “peremptory challenges”
Used to excuse potential jurors who are not impartial
Jury Systems
Make a weekly plan, fill in each task and then check them off as the week advances.
Mexican Judiciary
Tuesday
You got through Monday! Congratulations! Now let's see what tasks are in the pipeline for today.
Verdict
See the following examples and complete the list of tasks for Tuesday.
Free time
Schedule a sauna sessionGo for a jogOther
The verdict may have different contents, depending on the specific legal system, but the most common is that a popular jury decides on the facts of a specific case, deciding whether or not the allegations of the parties have been proven.
Pronouncement of the jury that occurs once the oral trial has concluded, after the reports have been produced and the accused have been heard on various legally established points, among which the facts and their assessment stand out, and the guilt or not of the accused.
Jury Selection
See the following examples and complete the list of tasks for Tuesday.
Work
Catch up on emailsRecord transactions (payments, invoices)Other
The jury of qualification, which the law calls de facto judges, would decide by an absolute majority of votes if an accusation is founded or not, notifying the decision to the corresponding City Council.
Only the popular jury is foreseen, at the federal level, to intervene in criminal proceedings for crimes committed through the press against public order or the external or internal security of the nation
The Jury Court only occurs in the criminal order and on crimes assessed by law such as homicide, threats, omission of the duty of relief, breaking and entering, influence peddling, bribery or embezzlement of public funds, and will be held in the Hearings Provincial
See the following examples and complete the list of tasks for Tuesday.
Personal
Take the kids to schoolExerciseOther
Comprised of 11 justices who are appointed by the senate from a slate of three candidates proposed by the President of the Republic.
American Jury System
Monday
A fresh start, a clean slate, and a lot of potential for great things to come. That is what Mondays really are!
Begin your week with a good plan in mind and follow the guidelines to organize the week ahead.
Deadlocked Juries
See the examples below and think of your to-do's for Monday. Add more tasks if necessary.
Free time
Family timeMovie nightOther
When a jury is having trouble reaching a unanimous verdict, the court may not, either expressly or impliedly, authorize the jury to render a compromised verdict.
After the jury has indicated that it has been unable to reach a verdict, the court may inquire of the jury as to the nature of the deadlock and whether further deliberations would be fruitful.
Jury selection: Voir Dire
See the examples below and think of your to-do's for Monday. Add more tasks if necessary.
Work
Clean and organize your workspaceLunch with a potential clientOther
Challenges not for Cause
Challenges for Cause
Composition
See the examples below and think of your to-do's for Monday. Add more tasks if necessary.
Personal
Take the kids to schoolExerciseOther
Unanimous verdict by 12-person jury is not required so long as the vote to convict constitutes a “substantial majority.
Jury of 5 is unconstitutional
Juries as small as 6 are constitunaionally permissible
Composed of 12 persons who must reach a unanonimous verdict to acquit or to convict.
