What are juror's rights?
Jurors have several rights. And jurors have a lot authority and they also have some obligations. Lets talk about their rights first. Jurors have the right to be treated with respect and dignity when they are in the court room, and not treated like first graders. Which is often the case. They have a right to have confidential information that they are asked to disclose to the courts held as confidential, and not made public. If they are uncomfortable answering questions, personal questions, in front of everybody they can ask the judge to go into chambers to answer those questions. And the jurors have the right to hear all the facts in the case. And to consult upon them among themselves and they have a right to know that they cannot be punished for their verdict. They also have an obligation to pay attention to everything that is said. And if they, if they aren't sure they can; then they should take notes. And that's allowed in most court rooms. And they have a duty to be respectful to all sides of the case and everything that's being presented. They must remember that the person is innocent until proven guilty. And they must also have a healthy degree of skeptism about the witnesses for both the defense and the prosecution. Because even though people take an oath. They don't always tell the truth. And we know that sometimes the evidence is also mistaken.
