<P> Juries only decide questions of fact; they have no role in criminal sentencing in criminal cases or awarding damages in libel cases . It is not necessary that a jury be unanimous in its verdict . In civil cases, a verdict may be reached by a majority of nine of the twelve members . In a criminal case, a verdict need not be unanimous where there are not fewer than eleven jurors if ten of them agree on a verdict after considering the case for a reasonable time . </P> <P> Juries are selected from a jury panel, which is picked at random by the county registrar from the electoral register . The principal statute regulating the selection, obligations and conduct of juries is the Juries Act 1976 as amended by the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008, which scrapped the upper age limit of 70 . Juries are not paid, nor do they receive travel expenses . They do receive lunch for the days that they are serving; however, for jurors in employment, their employer is required to pay them as if they were present at work . </P> <P> For certain terrorist and organised crime offences the Director of Public Prosecutions may issue a certificate that the accused be tried by the Special Criminal Court composed of three judges instead of a jury, one from the District Court, Circuit Court and High Court . </P> <P> The Corte d'Assise is composed of 2 judges and 6 laypersons chosen at random among Italian citizens 30 to 65 years old . Only serious crimes like murder can be tried by the Corte d'Assise . </P>

When do you not have the right to a trial by jury