ELA By: Leo R. & Celine C. September, 2011

 All citizens must be 18 or older and are legal residents of Massachusetts.  Jury members are choose randomly through:  Voter Registration  Drivers License  Each Juror is entitle to one postponement up to one year for original date.

 Our Constitutions entitle all the right to jury trial.  This right protects our freedom  Serving as a Juror – Helps protect and ensure our Constitutional rights for all !

 As a Juror you should…  Listen to the judge  Be fair and impartial  Do not discuss the case  Do not read or research information related to the case

BRITAINAMERICA  No special requirements get immediately hired after passing a US bar exam.  British lawyers are called solicitors.  British barristers judges are usually independent rather than salaried or part of a partnership a courthouse  Need to go to college law school get degrees  In America we call them lawyers  Judges in America are usually salaried and have partnerships with courts Britain & America Legal Service

 First 3 days of Jury Duty your employer is required to pay you.  On the 4 day of Jury Duty the State of Massachusetts will pay you $50.00 a day.

 1.You are not a U.S. Citizen  2. You are 70 years or older  3. You are under 18 years  4. You cannot speak or understand English  5. You moved permanently outside the U.S.

 6. You are living outside the U.S for more than a year  7. If you are convicted, charged with a felony in the passed 7 years or in custody  8. If you have served in the passed three years  9. You are physically or mentally incapable  10. You are a primary caregiver for a disabled person in your household

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 Juror Instructions  Trail Juror’s handbook  g/2004/09/ 

“You could wish for this to be your jail cell but, it’s not where you’re going ”