Jury Trial in Russia: Problems and Prospects

The subject of this article is the problems of the nature, essence and purpose of the institute of jury trial. The institute of jury trial is based on the implementation of the main purpose – the implementation of justice. The institution of jury trial establishes such a format in ensuring fair justice, which causes public confidence in the modern judicial system. The improvement of the institution of jury trial within the framework of the ongoing legal reform, of course, involves the resolution of problems that contribute to the improvement of justice in order to increase its effectiveness.

The purpose of the article is to study and substantiate the significance and role of the institution of jury trial in the modern concept of the rule of law. To achieve this goal, the following tasks are defined: identification of the main components of the legal regulation of the jury trial in Russia; analysis of the impact of judicial practice on the development of the institution of the jury trial.

When writing the article, methods of analysis and generalization of judicial practice with the participation of jurors were used.

As a result of the research, the author came to the conclusion about the necessity and possibility of improving legislation in order to optimize the activities of jurors. It is proposed to amend the legislation on strengthening the legal status of jurors, changing the order of their appointment, eliminating legal conflicts in legislative acts regulating the institution of jury trial. The amendments and additions proposed in this article to the legislation on the implementation of justice with the participation of jurors should be considered another reason for discussion about improving the effectiveness of both the institution of jury trial and the prospects for further development of the form of criminal proceedings in the Russian Federation.