To the question of the perception of legal logic by jurors (from the position of the prosecution)

The subject of the study of this article is the peculiarities of reflection in the minds of jurors taking part in the administration of justice, the legal logic that underlies both the criminal process and the charges brought against the defendant. Considering this problem through the prism of the procedural role of the public prosecutor, the author turns to presumptions, fictions and stable expressions, that is, professional cliches that are accepted in the legal community, but may not be understandable to jurors. The article provides examples of such presumptions, fictions and cliches and reveals the difficulty of understanding their logic on the part of an ordinary person. The main conclusions of the study are reduced to the need for the public prosecutor to use preventive thinking when making an introductory statement, when forming a question sheet and during a speech in the debate of the parties. The public prosecutor should not only know the materials of the criminal case perfectly, but also be able to bring them to the attention of jurors in an accessible way. Preliminary work with the text should play an important role: presumptions, fictions and professional stamps should be excluded from it, if possible; if it is impossible to do this, it is necessary to explain their essence to the members of the board who administer justice.

criminal process, jurors, legal logic, fictions, presumptions, professional stamps, public prosecutor, opening statement, question paper, debate between the parties