Study On Our Country’s Criminal Jury System

Criminal jury system is an important part of the people’s jury system.It is an importantjudicial system of the country to absorb the activities of citizens to participate in the trial.It is the security system of democracy and civil rights in the modern society. Thepeople’s jury system has been brilliant, and there have been at a low ebb but neverstopped exploring along with China’s development these years. In recent years, underthe background of judicial reform, the value of the jury system is highlighted once again.It helps improve the judicial supervision system to prevent corruption in the judiciaryand judges despotism, and strengthen judicial independence, meanwhile ensure thejustice. It is the reflected of people are the masters in the trial. But there is a major flawof the jury system. People’s assessors’ elected is lack of broad representation, theyparticipate the trial fewer."Accompany" without trial, and "trial" without judge, jurybecome into a "foil". The tenure of office of the people’s assessor is five years, but thereis no provision if they can be elected for a second term. In this sense it may bere-elected if they fit the people’s assessors’ working conditions. It makes professionalpeople’s assessors into possible and be the so-called "jury specialist". It is not perfectenough about the people’s assessors’ duty and punishment. In addition to "constitute acrime, be held criminally responsible," the specific provisions, the rest are only looselydefined as "exemption from jury duty People".As for the people refused to participatein the trial, favoritism and other violations of obligations, the punishment is merelyrelieved of the duties of a assessor with less real impact, the people’s assessors’behavior cannot well restricted. Although the jury system exposed many shortcomingsand deficiencies in the judicial function in modern society, but as an important way tostrengthen democratic values and social participation and political awareness of thechannel, the political values of democracy cannot be denied. We Should squarely facingour jury system defects While affirming the jury system, and improve the jury systemfrom the scope of the jury, the working conditions, tenure limits, methods ofselection. Meanwhile carry out legal advocacy to improve citizens’ legal awareness anddemocratic awareness, impel people’s assessors participate in the trial actively and fullyexercise their rights and fulfill the obligations of people’s assessor, realize the purposeof the establishment in the form of the criminal jury system.