Jury Duty — Form JD-12

Put the Matter to a Jury

Twelve Citizens, one bench. The bench sits Tuesday and Thursday, 7:00–8:30pm AEST. The Presiding Officer keeps order and hands down the finding.

Chamber procedure — roles and findings

The Applicant

A Citizen who lodges a matter. Anonymous by default, and remains so. The Applicant may observe proceedings but may not address the bench.

The Jurors

A bench of twelve (12) Citizens, empanelled by summons from the jury roll and sitting under per-case pseudonyms only. The chamber may open at five (5) attending and continues filling to twelve (12).

The Presiding Officer

An officer of the Bureau. Opens proceedings, keeps order, strikes material from the record, assesses consensus, and hands down the finding with a full Judgment Brief.

Findings available to the bench

The problem: youAcquitted, with concernsRetrial ordered: gather more evidenceGuilty of Wasting Everyone's TimeCase dismissed: you already knowConduct unbecoming (general)

Form JD-12 — Lodgement of a matter

Lodge a matter

Citizens are enrolled on the jury roll automatically. This is not negotiable. (It is negotiable in Your File.)

How a matter proceeds

A matter is lodged on Form JD-12 and screened before any juror sees it: identifying detail is redacted, and anything the Bureau will not hear is declined at intake. Cleared matters are listed for a sitting, where twelve Citizens are summoned to the Deliberation Chamber and deliberate under a Presiding Officer.

When the bench converges — or the window closes — a finding is handed down, entered in the Register of Findings, and occasionally covered in The Record. The parties are never identified. The parties are the material.