上一篇講陪審員，順便講陪審員的津貼。
香港的陪審員的每天津貼，1996是280元，2008年增加到360元，2012年11月再加至410元。遇上長案，法官有權打孖計。
標少所住的地方更爽，頭10日每日澳幣104.7元，另加居所至法庭之間的郵政區距離計每公里30.7仙交通津貼。遇上案件審訊超過10天，第11天起，在職人士每天235.65元，沒有工作的就照舊104.7元。今天傳我去的一件案，就傳了100人去，計下數，法治頗貴。還未計三幾個在入口處做安全檢查，六個做核對身位的職員，法官及法庭職員，燈油火蠟，咖啡奶茶餅乾任飲任食的費用。你話法治貴唔貴？
你应该很高兴被抽中, 感谢DPP和警察, no case no jury.
回覆刪除Why? I asked for exemption at the outset. I never like the jury system.
刪除Some have suggested that if the jury system were to remain, it should become a two-tier system: One tier made up with experts and the other ordinary people. That way we can compare and contrast to see if there will be divergence. It will, of course, be more expensive.
刪除There are always pros and cons about the jury system. Dislike it myself though, I cannot think of a system to replace it. If there is a two-tier system, it also creates a lot of practical problems. There will be problems about what case needs what kind of expert and then the expert jurors will brace their knives about their expertise and the prosecution and defence will bring in experts. It will turn the court into a 3-ring-circus. Maybe, we just accept the status quo and close our eyes when the jury returns aberrant verdicts. When their decisions are made in close doors, you never know how they reach the verdict. The guilt and innocence of the defendant can be so vulnerably decide without you knowing the path of thinking behind it.
刪除我多年前也被選中去抽做陪審員，近二三十人報到，好似只抽五個人，結果沒抽中。但奇怪為什麼要近二三十人才選五個人，我估是要證明過程公正，避免有人操縱第一批人選。不過以現今科技，加上所有東西都已經電腦化，應該有空間減少第一批人選數目至10個人，省了很多沒被抽中的人很多時間。辯方有太多選擇，容易只選有利人選，也違反 trial by peer 的原意。
回覆刪除It is reasonable to summon several 10s of jurors for a case because at first prosecution and defence have several objections to jurors without the need to give reason at all, some are objected with reason and some will be excused for various reasons, some are absent. There is a practical need for several 10s to empanel a jury consisting of 7 or in rare occasions 9 jurors. In Tony Chan's trial, there were 9 jurors originally then came down to 8 when one of them was confirmed pregnant.
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