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=7W4= =Seventh Amendment=
 * __BY:MICHEAL BRAND, ROCHELLE, AND JENNIER COUTSOURAKIS __**


 * Essential Question: How do the issues which prompted the creation of the amendments compare with the issues they are applied to today? **

The seventh amendment in our own words: If someone press charges on you you have the right to have a jury. The jury can decide if you are guilty or innocent. Q: Why was the seventh amendment created? A: The seventh amendment was created December 15th, 1791. In 1688, judges that were English were under the command of the King of England. Judges were not always fair. In 1701, the judges won their freedom from the King. However, the judges were still unfair towards the King. There were no more trial by juries in the Colonies because King George III abolished this system. The colonists were angry about this situation and this was one of the causes that led to the American Revolution. The bill of Rights was then written by the Framers. They knew that they had to have a fair court system. They provided the right for a trial by jury. @http://www.crimecasefiles.com/forum/legal-facts/93-facts-about-juries.html Q: How many people can be in a jury? A: There are from six to twelve jurors in federal civil cases. There are no alternate jurors. Also, the jurors serve for a one month term, but some jurors do not serve for an entire month depending on their case. Q: Who can be on a jury? A: A person can be a juror if they are older than eighteen. They also must be a United Sates citizen. But to do this you you should have lived in a judicial district for one year. You also have to know how to read, write, and speak English. To be a juror, you must be physically and mentally capable to serve. Finally, you must have no major criminal records. The jurors will be on-call for about a month but you may not be a juror for that long either. Q: What is the maximum amount of money you can sue someone in small claims court? A: When the Seventh Amendment was written in the 1700s, $20 was considered a lot of money. Today, any disputes that involve amounts less than $75000 wont be handled in a federal court. If you are suing a person you can sue them up to $10,000. If you are suing a corporation than you can sue the corporation up to $5,000. [] Q:What are some famous cases? A: A man named Bill wanted to take away peoples right to sue. The right we have is to have a trail by jury, this right is called the seventh amendment. Bill tried to take the seventh amendment away but Rep. Mabra didn't allow that. This case took place in Georgia. This issue did not change the creation of the seventh amendment. Today in 2014 we still have the right to sue and have a trial with a jury. Another famous case is the O.J. Simpson case. In 1995, there was a murder case which involved football legend O.J. Simpson. Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ronald Goldman were murdered in their condo complex. O.J. Simpson became a suspect. However, O.J. Simpson plead not guilty to the killing. The trial began on January 24, 1995 in Los Angles, California. O.J. Simpson placed the gloves that were used during the murder on his hands. They did not fit his hands. Therefore, attorney Johnny Cochran found him to be not guilty. A civil case was filed against O.J. Simpson. A civil court jury made him pay $25 million to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman. Also, the jury gave the Goldman family 8.5 million for damages done to his family. O.J. Simpson doesn't have $33.5 million. [] Q: Why was the minimum 20.00 for suing somebody? A:When the Seventh Amendment was written in the 1700s, $20 was considered a lot of money. Today, any disputes that involve amounts less than $75000 wont be handled in a federal court. $20.00 was a lot of money back in that day so it seemed like a good minimum back then but today it is not that much money. . [] Q: What are the requirements to have a trial by jury? A:In order for the 7th amendment`s trial by jury guarantee to go into effect there are 4 requirements that have to be met. First the case has to invoke a claim that would trigger the right to trial by jury in a English common Law court in 1791 when the amendment was made .Second the case must be brought in federal court. It can not be in state court. Third the lawsuit must be a claim that has to do more than $20. Fourth for the amendment to apply a legal case must have a claim that is legal.EX. If a person gets hurt because of a poorly made product then the person can sue the manufacturer of the product because it was the manufacture`s fault that the product was flawed and did not work correctly. Q:How does the jury limit the power of the judge? A:The 7th amendment`s purpose was to limit the judge`s power because if the judge was the only person deciding whether you are guilty or not, then the judge would have colossal power over peoples` lives. To counteract this from happening the Constitution allows for juries to keep the most of the decision making in the hands of the people.The judge also keeps some power. The judge can decide whether certain evidence will be shown or not, pointing out important issues and facts about the case, and instructing the jurors about the relevant laws. Also the jury can`t make a decision right away, they have to listen to the evidence first then they decide. Also, no one in the jury can be even acquaintances with the suspect or the plaintiff so they don`t make a biased choice. [|McDonald case] Q: What was McDonald Case? A:

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Sources [] [] [] [] [|http://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/11/us/jury-decides-simpson-must-pay-25-million-in-punitive-award]