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Commonly Asked Questions about Jury Instruction

Judges Instructions on the Law Either before or after the closing arguments by the lawyers, the judge will explain the law that applies to the case to you. This is the judges instruction to the jury. You have to apply that law to the facts, as you have heard them, in arriving at your verdict.
If you do not respond to a jury duty notice, or attend jury duty, you may face penalties such as fines and contempt of court charges. In Ontario, the Potential Jury Centre of the Ministry of the Attorney General randomly selects potential jurors from the provincial voters list.
Participation in jury duty is mandatory for Canadian citizens over the age of 18, but there are specific circumstances under which individuals may be excused.
The jury charge is the means by which a judge instructs the jurors on the applicable law. 2 The charge must contain an accurate statement of the law and must set out all the essential elements of the offense.
Any good instruction should include at least five components: the legal framework, typically the elements of the offence or offences with which the accused is charged; the factual issues arising out of the legal framework that the jury must resolve; the material evidence relevant to these issues;
Jurors receive the following payment for serving on a jury: Day one to ten: No fee. Day 11 to 49: $40 per day. Day 50 to the last day of trial: $100 per day.
Deliberations: The time when the jury meets to discuss the case in order to docHub a verdict at the end of the trial. As a group, the jury thinks about and discusses the evidence, testimony, as well as the applicable law as explained by the judge. Directed verdict: When a judge tells the jury what verdict to return.
The Charge to the Jury The judge outlines the facts the Crown must prove in order to establish the guilt of the accused, and advises jurors of the duties they must carry out when they leave the courtroom to consider their verdict (deliberation). This is called charging the jury.