Looking for 90 jurors

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Bourgas is looking for 180 number of jurors. At present, only 90 have submitted applications. 

 

Those wishing to become jurors may be familiar with the necessary conditions and let them know that such they will be the voice of civil society in court. Applications are accepted until the end of October. 

The juror is not a judge, but is a part of the panel hearing and deciding the case. In this composition he has equal rights with the judges and an equal voice with them. Jurors participate in the consideration of criminal cases for offenses which are punishable by more than five years imprisonment. The Trial Chamber in this case consists of one judge and two lay judges, but if the punishment is not less than 15 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment, the jurors are three and judges - two.