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Embedding explained jury verdicts in the English criminal trial

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mark Coen  and
Jonathan Doak
Mark Coen*
Affiliation:
University College Dublin and Nottingham Trent University
Jonathan Doak*
Affiliation:
University College Dublin and Nottingham Trent University
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Mark Coen, Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. Email: [email protected].
Jonathan Doak, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, Chaucer Buillding, Goldsmith St, Nottingham NG1 5LP, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

English juries do not provide reasons for their verdicts. This paper argues that transparency is a fundamental value in modern decision making, and that reform is needed to trial by jury so that verdicts are routinely accompanied by explanations. It examines the options that exist to incorporate explained verdicts in the English criminal trial and concludes that accountability and legitimacy would be enhanced through the use of a trained, independent lay facilitator to chair the deliberation process and draft an explained verdict.

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Legal Studies , Volume 37 , Issue 4 , December 2017 , pp. 786 - 806
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Copyright © Society of Legal Scholars 2017

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The authors wish to acknowledge the kind assistance of Liz Campbell, John Jackson and Shane Kilcommins in commenting on previous drafts of this paper. They also wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

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140. It is also possible that a particular juror, group of jurors or the accused, could intimidate the facilitator. However, comprehensive training, along with an appropriate oversight mechanism, could help to offset this risk.

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147. Lippke, above n 91, p 316.

148. Jackson ‘Unbecoming jurors’, above n 68, p 301.

149. Auld, above n 64, p 168.

150. Ibid. p 537.

151. See further M Csere ‘Reasoned criminal verdicts in the Netherlands and Spain: implications for juries in the United States’ (2013) 12 Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal 415 at 434; Jackson, above n 11, pp 520-522.

152. On these and other potential drawbacks of explained verdicts, see Lippke, above n 91, pp 323-330.

153. Devlin, above n 5, p 57.