Everyone is considered innocent until proven guilty and the prosecution’s role is to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant is guilty. The defense team’s job is to do just that, defend the defendant and prove his/her innocence. When it comes to trials, there are two types of trials that most defendants are able to choose from before the actual trial: a court trail or a jury trial.

A court trial is when there is only a judge to make a ruling on the defendant’s guilt.

A jury trial is chosen when the defendant wants to have the evidence seen and heard by a group of his/her peers. This jury will then have to decide on the guilt of the defendant. The jury is chosen by first gathering a random selection of people to build your jury from. Both the defense team and the prosecution team along with the judge ruling over the trial will help in making the jury selection. Choosing a jury is a long and rigorous procedure and every detail of the person’s lifestyle, character and moral judgement is scrutinized before a judgement is made on whether or not they will be on the jury.