The Supreme Court expects jury reform to reduce the number of cases of overturning verdicts

The Supreme Court expects jury reform to reduce the number of cases of overturning verdicts

The changes proposed by the Supreme Court - in particular, reducing the number of jurors from six to four people, as well as adding a professional judge to the composition, will make the jury a more efficient institution of justice, said Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court Nikolai Timoshin at the Court's Advisory Council. of General Jurisdiction in the Russian Federation", which will shorten the time frame for examining cases, reduce the list of grounds for annulment of a judgment, including the issuance of a transparent judgment, including the issuance of a more transparent judgment. The parties and the jury, and as a result, more attractive to citizens," Timoshin said.