Preventing improper juror conduct and ensuring effective jury deliberations

近年来，陪审员在刑事审判中使用互联网导致了许多误判，给刑事法院系统造成了巨大的财务成本，给受害者和证人带来了个人痛苦和困难，他们必须在重审时再次提供困难的证据，并构成了可能的误判的威胁。2010年，《陪审团公平吗？》（Are Juries Fair？在这个国家首次确立了有关陪审团的三个关键事实：1。四分之一的高知名度案件的陪审员在审判期间在互联网上看到了有关他们案件的信息。几乎一半的陪审员不知道或不确定什么构成不当的陪审团行为3。大多数陪审员有什么更多的信息，关于如何进行陪审团审议的初步调查结果陪审团公平吗？令人严重怀疑陪审员是否真的明白何谓不当陪审员行为，以及如何进行商议。因此，这一后续研究陪审团公平吗？旨在回答两个关键问题的陪审员和陪审团制度在这个国家：1。如何防止陪审员在审判过程中不当使用互联网？2.如何为陪审员提供指导，以确保有效的陪审团审议？英格兰和威尔士司法机构、女王陛下法院服务处和其他刑事司法利益攸关方的高级成员已将这项研究确定为继2010年《陪审团是否公平？》报告之后进一步开展陪审团研究的最优先领域。使用多阶段的方法，并专门与刑事法院的真实的陪审团合作，这项研究将为这些关键问题提供答案，并将建立新的工具，用于陪审团审判，以确保适当的行为和有效的审议。这项研究借鉴了伦敦大学学院陪审团项目团队的陪审团研究专业知识，并提前获得了刑事司法系统主要成员的支持和合作，以进行这项研究。研究的目的是确保陪审团的调查结果是公平的吗？陪审员显然需要并希望创造新的工具，以履行其在刑事司法系统中的独特和关键作用。这反过来将确保陪审团审判能够在数字时代生存下来，并将继续在21世纪的刑事司法系统中发挥关键作用。

In recent years juror use of the internet during criminal trials has resulted in numerous mistrials, causing substantial financial costs to the criminal court system and personal distress and hardship to victims and witnesses who must give difficult evidence again at retrials, and posing the threat of possible miscarriages of justice. The 2010 study Are Juries Fair? was able to establish three key facts about juries for the first time in this country:1. A quarter of jurors on high profile cases had seen information about their case on the internet during trial2. Almost half of all jurors did not know or were uncertain what constituted improper jury conduct3. The majority of jurors what more information about how to conduct jury deliberations The initial findings of Are juries Fair? raise serious doubts about whether jurors do in fact understand what improper juror conduct is and how to conduct deliberations. Therefore this follow-on research to Are Juries Fair? is designed to answer two crucial questions about jurors and the jury system in this country:1. How can jurors be prevented from improperly using the internet during trials?2. How can jurors be provided with guidance that will ensure effective jury deliberations?This research has been identified by senior members of the Judiciary of England and Wales, Her Majesty's Court Service and other criminal justice stakeholders as the top priority area for further jury research following the 2010 report Are Juries Fair?. Using a multi-staged approach and working exclusively with real juries at Crown Courts, this research will provide answers to these crucial questions and will establish new tools to be used in jury trials to ensure proper conduct and effective deliberations. This research draws on the established jury research expertise of the UCL Jury Project team and has secured in advance the support and cooperation of key members of the criminal justice system in order to conduct this research.The objective of the research is to ensure that the findings of Are Juries Fair? are carried forward to create new tools which jurors clearly need and want in order to fulfill their unique and crucial role in the criminal justice system. This in turn will ensure that trial by jury can survive the digital age and will continue to play a crucial role in a 21st century criminal justice system.