Editing Jury (section)

==== Russia ====
The right to a jury trial is provided by [[Constitution of Russia|Constitution of Russian Federation]] but for criminal cases only and in the procedure defined by law. Initially, the Criminal Procedure Code, which was adopted in 2001, provided that the right to a jury trial could be realized in criminal cases which should be heard by regional courts and military courts of military districts/fleets as the courts of first instance; the jury was composed of 12 jurors. In 2008, the anti-state criminal cases (treason, espionage, armed rebellion, sabotage, mass riot, creating an illegal paramilitary group, forcible seizure of power, terrorism) were removed from the jurisdiction of the jury trial.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|date=18 December 2008|title=Ссылки на недоказанность наличия. К профессиональному празднику чекисты получили два подарка, значительно облегчающие карьерный рост в органах госбезопасности|language=ru|work=[[Novaya Gazeta]]|url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2008/12/18/35407-ssylki-na-nedokazannost-nalichiya?print=true}}</ref> From 1 June 2018, defendants can claim a jury trial in criminal cases which are heard by district courts and garrison military courts as the courts of first instance; from that moment on, the jury is composed of 8 (in regional courts and military courts of military districts/fleets) or 6 (in district courts and garrison military courts) jurors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Petrov|first=Ivan|date=9 January 2019|title=Суды присяжных появились в 55 регионах России|language=ru|work=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]|url=https://rg.ru/2019/01/09/reg-cfo/sudy-prisiazhnyh-poiavilis-v-55-regionah-rossii.html}}</ref>

A juror must be 25 years old, legally competent, and without a criminal record.<ref>{{cite book |title= World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey | first=Richard J. |last=Terrill |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |year=2009 |edition=7th |isbn=978-1-59345-612-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJaEzC1CBe8C&pg=PA439 |page=439}}</ref>