INSURANCE AGAINST MISTAKEN CRIMINATION
When I speak about some specific policies that will satisfy all the requirements I mean also insurance against mistaken crimination. It means that I will get insurance compensation if you have to bear losses because of mistaken crimination and a jury trial. If you decide to buy such an policy, you should have at least some basic knowledge about such things as «the opening statements», «the presentation of evidence» and other stages of any jury trial.
So, arrest is the act of taking suspects into the custody and depriving the person of liberty. People may be arrested after they are accused of murder, theft, or other criminal offences. For some crimes, and under certain conditions, a police officer must obtain a court order called a warrant before making an arrest. But an officer does not need a warrant to arrest a person in the act of committing a crime. Until the person charged is tried in a court, and the crime or offence is proved to have happened, it is an alleged offence. Usually only those people who are accused of such serious crimes as murder are forced to stay in jail until they are brought to trial. Other people are allowed to go free until trial if they can provide a sum of money called bail. This money is a pledge to appear for trial.
Trial is a method of settling disputes verbally in a court of law. In most cases, the people on each side of the dispute use a lawyer to represent their views, present evidence, and question witnesses.
A jury trial begins with the selection of the jurors. That’s the first step of the trial.
The next step of the trial is “The opening statements”. The lawyers for each side will discuss their views of the case that you are to hear and will also present a general picture of what they intend to prove about the case. What the lawyers say in their opening statements is not evidence and, therefore, does not help prove their cases.
The third step is “The presentation of evidence”. All parties are entitled to present evidence. Many things you will see and hear during the trial are not evidence. For example, what the lawyers say in their opening and closing statements is not evidence. Physical exhibits offered by the lawyers, but not admitted by the judge, are also to be disregarded. Many times during the trial the lawyers may make objections to evidence presented by the other side or to questions asked by the other lawyer. Lawyers are allowed to object to these things when they consider them improper under the laws of evidence. It is up to the judge to decide whether each objection was valid or invalid. If the objection was valid, the judge will sustain the objection. It is your duty as a juror to decide the importance of evidence or testimony allowed by the judge.
The fourth step is called “The Instructions”. Following presentation of all the evidence, the judge instructs the jury on the laws that are to guide in their verdict. A copy of the instructions will be sent to the jury room for the use of jurors during their deliberations. All documents or physical objects that have been received into evidence will also be sent to the jury room.
Then the next step – “Closing arguments” – begins. The lawyers in the closing arguments summarize the case from their point of view. They may discuss the evidence that has been presented or comment on the credibility of witnesses. The lawyers may also discuss any of the judge’s instructions that they feel are of special importance to their case. These arguments are not evidence.
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Yours sincerely,
AlexSandra