South Korean Judges Study Oklahoma Justice
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TULSA, OK — A group of South Korean judges is in Tulsa, learning about American courts. They toured the Tulsa County Courthouse and learned how a jury system of justice works.
Many Americans take a jury system for granted in America. It allows ordinary citizens to decide civil and criminal cases and is a core part of living in a democracy. South Korea just started using juries last year and the judges visiting Tulsa had plenty of questions about how it works.
These South Korean judges are no strangers to courtrooms, but they are rookies when it comes to selecting, educating and managing juries. Until last year, judges decided everything about criminal and civil cases, guilt, innocence and punishment. But, now they’re using juries.
They have begun with only criminal cases and only four types: rape, bank robbery, arson and capital murder.
