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The jury is mostly an American thing, most other countries don't have that - the judge decides who is guilty.
by ido 6y ago
The jury is mostly an American thing, most other countries don't have that - the judge decides who is guilty.
- Symbiote 6y agoJuries are an English thing, from the 12th Century. Countries whose legal systems developed from England's are likely to have inherited them.
- ido 6y agoI stand corrected! either way they are not universal
- kwhitefoot 6y agoWe had juries here in Norway too until 2017. I'm moderately sure that Norway did not inherit the idea from England. Also Denmark had them until recently and Belgium and Austria still have them. So it is not just an English thing.
- conception 6y agoThey did - https://www.britannica.com/topic/jury https://www.britannica.com/topic/jury https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scandinavian-law#ref469034 https://www.britannica.com/topic/Scandinavian-law#ref469034 Well.. they got it from Germany and France who got it from England.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoInteresting, thanks.