<P> A civil jury is typically made up of 6 to 12 persons . In a civil case, the role of the jury is to listen to the evidence presented at a trial, to decide whether the defendant injured the plaintiff or otherwise failed to fulfill a legal duty to the plaintiff, and to determine what the compensation or penalty should be . </P> <P> A criminal jury is usually made up of 12 members, though fewer may sit on cases involving lesser offenses . Criminal juries decide whether the defendant committed the crime as charged . The sentence may be set by either the jury or the judge; generally, in felony cases the jury sets punishment while in lesser offenses it may be set by the judge . </P> <P> Verdicts in criminal cases must be unanimous, with the following exceptions: Currently, two states, Oregon and Louisiana, do not require unanimous verdicts in criminal cases . Each requires a 10--2 majority for conviction, except for capital crimes: Oregon requires unanimous verdicts for guilty to any murder case and Louisiana requires all 12 . But in Oregon, unlike any other state, a Not Guilty verdict may be reached in any case (murder included) by a vote of 10 to 2 or 11 to 1 . </P> <P> In civil cases, the law (or the agreement of the parties) may permit a non-unanimous verdict . </P>

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