When does a court need a jury?

1. China does not have a jury system. China has a people's jury system.

2. Article 13 of my country’s Criminal Procedure Law When hearing cases, the people’s courts shall implement the people’s assessor system in accordance with this law.

3. Article 147 When a basic people's court and an intermediate people's court form a collegial panel to hear a case of first instance, the collegial panel shall be composed of three judges or three judges and people's assessors. conduct. However, cases tried by simple procedures in basic people's courts may be tried by one judge alone.

When the Higher People's Court and the Supreme People's Court hear cases of first instance, they shall consist of a collegial panel composed of three to seven judges or a collegial panel composed of three to seven judges and people's assessors.

When performing their duties in the People's Court, people's jurors enjoy the same rights as judges.