Today, 27 May 2021, are fulfilled 25 years of first trial by jury in Spain.
The first took place in Palencia on 27 May 1996, where the citizens elected to impart Justice, they were focused by the cameras whose faces were published in the newspapers without pixelating, something that does not happen today.
Who can be a member of a jury?
Article 6 of the Organic Law of the Jury Court determines the configuration of the function of the Jury as a right and a duty, specifically "a right that can be exercised by those citizens in whom there is no reason that prevents it”, that brings cause in the article 125 of the Spanish Constitution, and as a duty "for those who are not involved in causes of incompatibility or prohibition and cannot be excused in accordance with this Law”.
Thus, the same legal text establishes the conditions required to hold the status of member of the Jury; specifically, under article 8, may exercise this right all Spanish citizens of legal age that they are in full exercise of their political rights, know read and write and have the aptitude sufficient for the performance of the aforementioned function, so that the Administration of Justice must provide disabled people with the necessary support. to older, the appointed member, must be a resident of one of the municipalities of the province in which the crime was committed.
Can I refuse to be part?
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Can I refuse to be part?
Can I refuse to be part Can I refuse to be part as determined by regulation. This is stated in the article 7 Can I refuse to be part; and it is the Royal Decree 385/1996, from 1 of March, which establishes the remuneration and compensation regime for the performance of jury duties, the person in charge of determining said remuneration and indemnity.
The daily remuneration of a jury will be 67 euros, and of 33,50 euros that of the candidates who, having attended the selection process, have not been selected. lot ccompensable items will be those corresponding to travel expenses, room and board, Taking into account that, for the purposes of labor and civil service regulations, the performance of jury duty must be considered an inexcusable duty of a public and personal nature.