For many, being a juror or judge costs money. The Danish People’s Party will increase the payment, and the defense lawyers will have investigated whether higher fees can correct the skewed distribution of lay judges.
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In the Eastern High Court, a 33-year-old man sits on the dock on Thursday and listens to the prosecutor’s presentation of the case. The hooded man is charged with 12 charges, the most serious of which is that in April 2022 he exposed his then four-year-old daughter to rape in a sexual relationship other than intercourse.
On a podium to the left of the defendant sit six judges. Three of them are national judges dressed in black judges’ robes. The other three are completely ordinary citizens who have signed up as lay judges.
Source: politiken.dk
