{"id":13435,"date":"2018-08-15T05:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T05:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/?p=13435"},"modified":"2018-08-15T05:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T05:58:24","slug":"using-flowcharts-to-help-juries-make-decisions-in-court-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/2018\/08\/using-flowcharts-to-help-juries-make-decisions-in-court-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Using flowcharts to help juries make decisions in court cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spotted this post on Twitter yesterday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I\u2019ve just seen this, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kirkkorner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kirkkorner<\/a>. It\u2019s the \u201croute to verdict\u201d given to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BenStokes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BenStokes<\/a> jury, setting out all the issues they had to consider. More courts should publish these in high-profile cases; they\u2019re invaluable in helping the public understand the law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VSGZ8DNcGK\">pic.twitter.com\/VSGZ8DNcGK<\/a>\n\u2014 The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarristerSecret\/status\/1029436855073296384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">14 August 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DklLW-aW4AIulzI.jpg\" alt=\"Route to verdict diagram\" class=\"wp-image-13436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DklLW-aW4AIulzI.jpg 718w, https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DklLW-aW4AIulzI-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This relates to a criminal court case, where a jury had to decide whether an England cricketer was Guilty or Not Guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Affray\">affray<\/a>. The flowchart was given to the jury members (i.e. members of the public) to help them understand how this decision in law is reached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarristerSecret\">@BarristerSecret<\/a>, judges are expected to produce &#8220;route to verdict&#8217; guides in all but the most straightforward of cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotted this post on Twitter yesterday: I\u2019ve just seen this, courtesy of @kirkkorner. It\u2019s the \u201croute to verdict\u201d given to the #BenStokes jury, setting out all the issues they had to consider. More courts should publish these in high-profile cases; they\u2019re invaluable in helping the public understand the law. pic.twitter.com\/VSGZ8DNcGK \u2014 The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret)&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/2018\/08\/using-flowcharts-to-help-juries-make-decisions-in-court-cases\/\" title=\"Read Using flowcharts to help juries make decisions in court cases\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[737,500],"class_list":["post-13435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-communication","tag-flowcharts","tag-law"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using flowcharts to help juries make decisions in court cases - Cherryleaf<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cherryleaf.com\/2018\/08\/using-flowcharts-to-help-juries-make-decisions-in-court-cases\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using flowcharts to help juries make decisions in court cases - Cherryleaf\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spotted this post on Twitter yesterday: I\u2019ve just seen this, courtesy of @kirkkorner. 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