Problems of formation and activity of the jury court in district (city) courts of the Republic of Dagestan

Currently, a court with the participation of a jury is one of the most important institutions of our society, which allows citizens to exercise their right to the administration of justice on an equal basis with professional judges. The main value and task of the jury trial is participation in legal proceedings and the administration of power by the people, as well as control over the implementation of legal proceedings. The study is devoted to the changes made to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in connection with the expansion of the use of the institute of jurors, which significantly expanded the competence of the court with the participation of jurors by extending this form of legal proceedings to the level of district courts, and also reduced the quantitative composition of the collegium. The relevance of the topic of this study was predetermined by numerous issues arising in the process of law enforcement, including the one that concerns the specifics of proceedings in court with the participation of a jury. The study of the results of the work of the jury at the level of district courts of general jurisdiction for the period from the date of entry into force of these changes to the present, has revealed a number of shortcomings and problems in the proceedings of this court, which, of course, need practical and theoretical understanding and measures to eliminate them. The solution of the problematic aspects of the institution identified in the course of the study is necessary to improve the judicial system, which, in turn, will contribute to increasing the level of public confidence in it.