The content of the constitutional right of the accused to a trial by jury

The topic of the content of the accused’s constitutional right to a trial by jury was repeatedly discussed. The peculiarity of this procedure is that the jury is ordinary citizens who do not have special professionalism and make a verdict from their own life experience. The corresponding right is enshrined in part 1 of art. 47 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, according to which “a person accused of committing a crime has the right to request that his case be considered by a court in the presence of a jury”, of course, if this norm is provided for by Federal law. It should also be emphasized that this institution of justice does not belong to the category of independent judicial bodies, given the presence of the presiding judge in the proceedings. This is just a separate group of people who are entrusted with the fate of a perfect stranger and in whose hands the veto is in place.