Xinhua News, 2009-04-14
To better implement “judicial democracy” and allow for greater popular participation in judicial procedures, the Supreme People's Court issued a circular outlining the expansion of the People's Assessor System by over 25%, from 55,681 jurors to more than 70,000, by later this year. The new system requires intermediate and grassroots-level courts to hold at least two forums each year to hear opinions and advice from local jurors. Jurors are to serve as a bridge between the courts and the masses, reflecting genuine—because they “come from the masses, are close to the masses and serve the masses”—public sentiments to the court and spreading legal knowledge among the people.
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