Does Brazil use jury trials?
Limited use / mixed courts
Brazil has jury trials since 1822, limited to intentional crimes against life.
Brazil is one of 16 countries classified “Limited use / mixed courts” for jury trials — 55% of the 29 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Jury trial
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Argentina
- Jury trials used Argentina implemented jury trials for serious criminal cases since November 2015.
- United States
- Jury trials used Jury trials available in criminal cases, requiring unanimous verdicts, with constitutional protections.
- Canada
- Limited use / mixed courts Canada has constitutional right to jury trial for crimes punishable by 5+ years, with mandatory jury trials for most serious offences.
- Ireland
- Jury trials used Ireland uses jury trials for criminal cases in Circuit Court, Central Criminal Court and defamation cases.
- France
- Limited use / mixed courts Jury trials in France are limited to felonies, with the cour d'assises having 6-9 jurors deciding conviction.
- United Kingdom
- Limited use / mixed courts Jury trials replaced by Diplock courts for terrorism cases, though Diplock courts closed in 2007.
Other laws in Brazil
- Death Penalty
- Abolished for ordinary crimes
- Gun Laws
- Licensed / moderate
- School Corporal Punishment
- Banned
- Military Conscription
- Active conscription
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