Name: Scottish Jury Research: Interactive discussion - Edinburgh
Start: 2020-02-04T17:30:00Z
End: 2020-02-04T19:00:00Z
Location: St Andrew's House

Scottish Jury Research: Interactive discussion - Edinburgh

Scottish Government Criminal Justice Reform

Interactive table discussions on delegates’ views on the implications of the jury research findings as well as their own experiences.

St Andrew's House

<h3>Scottish Jury Research: Findings from a Large Scale Mock Jury Study – An interactive discussion on the implications for potential criminal justice reforms</h3><h3></h3>The<a href="http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781839601941" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> Scottish Jury Research: Findings From a Large-Scale Mock Jury Study</a>, published in October is the largest and most realistic of its kind ever undertaken in the UK.It involved 64 mock juries and 969 individual participants and is the first to consider the unique nature of the Scottish jury system with 15 jurors, three verdicts and a simple majority. The report sets out the researchers’ findings but does not make any recommendations. It suggests that:<ul><li>Reducing jury size from 15 to 12, as is the norm in most English language jurisdictions, might lead to more individual jurors switching their position towards the majority view.</li></ul><ul><li>Asking juries to reach a unanimous or near unanimous verdict might tilt more jurors in favour of acquittal.</li></ul><ul><li>Removing the not proven verdict might incline more jurors towards a guilty verdict in finely balanced trials.</li></ul><ul><li>Jurors hold inconsistent views on the meaning of not proven and how it differs from not guilty.</li></ul>When the research was published, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice stated that now that we have the evidence from this research, the Scottish Government will engage in serious discussions on all of these findings including whether we should move to a two verdict system. This is your chance to participate in these important discussions.

<h3>Interactive Discussion</h3>The event will consist of interactive table discussions (facilitated by Scottish Government officials) on delegates’ views on the implications of the jury research findings for potential criminal justice reforms as well as their own experiences of the issues raised in the research.This event is part of widespread engagement across the country with justice organisations, legal professionals, the third sector and people with experience of the criminal justice system to seek views on the findings and any implications these may have for future criminal justice reforms.

Tea and coffee will be available from 5.15 and the event will start at 5.30pmA summary of the jury research findings is available at <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-jury-research-fingings-large-mock-jury-study/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-jury-research-fingings-large-mock-jury-study/</a>. Delegates will find it useful to consider this in advance of the event. If you are unable to attend an event but still wish to be involved in the engagement process please contact JuryResearch@gov.scot.

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