The following may delay and/or reduce a refund: A tax return that has errors A taxpayer and/or spouse, if filing a joint return, who has any outstanding unpaid assessments,
Overall, for all areas of the law, federal civil trials have declined 60 percent since the mid-1980s. In 2002, less than 2 percent of those cases ended in a trial â down from 12 percent in 1962 and 20 percent in the 1920s. Less than 5 percent of criminal cases go to trial; most result in plea bargains.
The job of a trial juror. A trial jury listens to evidence in a courtroom, and decides the guilt or innocence of the. defendant in a criminal case, and the liability and damages of the parties in a civil case. Number of trial jurors. A trial jury is generally made up of 12 people or criminal cases and 6 for civil cases. Types of cases. Trials are either civil or criminal. As a trial juror, you may hear either kind of case. Civil cases are disputes between private individuals, corporations, governments, government agencies, or other organizations.