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The jury system is defined by a specific number of citizens have the right to vote to decide whether to prosecute, and the case ruling system. The jury system is seen as the cornerstone of the Anglo-American legal system has played an important role in restricting the judicial power of the State to protect democracy and defend freedom. The criminal trial jury is the jury system in the criminal trial, the development has been nearly eight centuries of history. The verdict of the jury criminal cases, sharing, and checks and balances of national jurisdiction, reflecting the fairness and legitimacy of the judicial safeguard judicial authority, has important social meaning and significance of Justice. However, due to the inherent defects of the jury system, and the complexity of the modern trial, common law criminal trial jury is also faced with the dilemma of development. At present, China does not introduce the jury system, choosing instead to people's jury system suitable for China's national conditions. People's jury system is conducive to judicial impartiality, openness, democracy and independence, but a long time, the relevant provisions of the jury system is too sweeping, affecting the practical development of the jury system, the scope of the people's jury is not set clear , the juror qualifications set too high, the selection and tenure systems, there are some defects. In this paper, a method of historical investigation, the origin and development of the jury, summarized, and conducted in-depth exploration of the criminal trial jury judicial value, the defects and shortcomings of the judicial system now criminal trial jury, and In response to these situation improvement and suggestions for improvement. In addition, the use of multi-disciplinary research, the relationship between the criminal trial the jury system and the system of plea bargaining. Proposed reconstruction of the application of the jury, and improve the factual findings in the criminal trial improved by choosing mechanism of the jury, and to expand the rights of the jury in the trial, trying to dig out a criminal trial the jury system can adapt to the modern judicial system development, and continue to glow with youthful vigor on the road in the future of the criminal trial. Meanwhile, discussed the status of the jury system in China, through a comparative study, the relationship of the judicial system at home and abroad and social factors, the analysis of the advantages and drawbacks of the people's jury system in China, we propose to reconstruct the trial by jury in the Criminal Procedure recommendations advocated to improve rather than waste the people's jury system. Interpretation jury system reconstruction case in many countries, the introduction of the jury system in our country be explored, theory with practice, the necessity and feasibility of the death penalty cases for trial by jury, according to China's basic national conditions presented the first in the country to the applicable jury in death penalty cases, and then introduced in a wide range of areas applicable recommendations of the criminal trial jury.
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