From October 1st, 2010, the institution of Jury will begin to work in Georgia. The pilot program will be implemented in the Tbilisi city court. Twelve citizens of Georgia will become the chief judges of the court, who in the beginning will rule on the deliberate murders committed in grave conditions (article 109 of the Criminal Code).
`At the beginning the jury will operate in the Tbilisi city court and will rule on the deliberate murders committed in grave conditions. It will be a pilot program and afterwards, Tbilisi city court will become a court with jury in the East Georgia and Kutaisi city court will fulfil same functions in the West of Georgia,` Zaza Meishvili, the first deputy chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia has told media at the Prime Time press club today.
The member of the Jury must not be a politician, officer of the law enforcement structures, lawyer, physiologist, physiatrist and religious figure.
