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Explain The Eight Steps In A Jury Trial

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According to the legal system, there are eight steps in a jury trial. These steps took several years to be put in placed around the country. The eight steps are the "selection of the jury, opening statement of both sides, presentation of evidences and witnesses, closing statement of sides, jury instructions, deliberations, verdict, and sentencing" (Zalman, 2011, p. 35). The first step of the jury trial is the jury selections, which is extremely beneficial to help, determined which jurors should severed on this jury. Both sides allowed examining all of the jurors to determine if there any difference in interest. This process known as "voir dire" (Zalman, 2011, p. 38).

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