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The word verdict literally means:

To be qualified for jury duty, the person must be a U.S. citizen.

Instructing the jury and charging the jury are synonymous terms.

The sequestration of prospective witnesses is a common method of discouraging or preventing collusion and exposing inaccuracies in testimony.

Many defense attorneys believe that it is a mistake to make an opening statement before the prosecution has completed its side of the presentation of the evidence.

As long as the jury is made up of persons representing a cross-section of the community in which the trial takes place, it is regarded as comprising one’s peers.

The sequestration of prospective witnesses is a common method of discouraging or preventing collusion and exposing inaccuracies in testimony.

Although the word “peers” is nowhere in the Constitution, today a jury of one’s peers actually means:

The right to trial by jury is contained in the Fifth Amendment.

The jury has deliberated for four days and sends a message to the trial judge that they cannot reach a verdict. The trial judge may: