Courts want citizen jurors
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May 24, 2013, Friday
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CHINESE courts are hoping to double the number of citizen jurors in the next two years, a senior judge said yesterday.
The total number of citizen jurors, also known as people's jurors, will reach 200,000 in 2015, said Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court.
Courts at all levels are encouraged to deploy more citizen jurors, Shen said.
Jurors should outnumber judges but the ratio can vary, he said.
Grassroots courts with a jurisdiction encompassing a vast area or population should have twice as many jurors as judges, he said.
According to a report submitted by the SPC at the 12th National People's Congress in March, the number of jurors increased by 52.7 percent to 85,000 from 2007 to 2012.
Selected from citizenry of all walks of life to work with judges at lower courts, jurors took part in over 1.49 million cases in 2012, up nearly 300 percent compared to 2007.
The total number of citizen jurors, also known as people's jurors, will reach 200,000 in 2015, said Shen Deyong, executive vice president of the Supreme People's Court.
Courts at all levels are encouraged to deploy more citizen jurors, Shen said.
Jurors should outnumber judges but the ratio can vary, he said.
Grassroots courts with a jurisdiction encompassing a vast area or population should have twice as many jurors as judges, he said.
According to a report submitted by the SPC at the 12th National People's Congress in March, the number of jurors increased by 52.7 percent to 85,000 from 2007 to 2012.
Selected from citizenry of all walks of life to work with judges at lower courts, jurors took part in over 1.49 million cases in 2012, up nearly 300 percent compared to 2007.
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