Issues of ensuring the rights of jurors during consideration and rendering a verdict

Introduction: since June 1, 2018, jury trial in criminal proceedings has undergone significant changes. The analysis of judicial practice in criminal cases considered by courts with the participation of jurors allows us to conclude that there are a number of unresolved issues related to ensuring the rights of jurors at the stage of discussion and delivery of a verdict. This article presents the author's vision for resolving these aspects. Materials and Methods: the basis for writing the article was the existing legal acts, the results of the study of statistics, the analysis of the opinions of process academicians on the subject under consideration, materials of criminal cases. The study used general academic and private academic methods of cognition - dialectical, as well as methods of analysis and synthesis, comparative legal, statistical and formal logical methods. Results: the article defines that the judicial reform related to the consideration of criminal cases in court with the participation of jurors is an important step in strengthening the democratic principles of the country's judicial system, as well as expanding the rights of the accused to administer justice against them with the participation of representatives of civil society...