Перспективы наделения несовершеннолетних правом на выбор суда с участием присяжных заседателей

Вестник Воронежского государственного университета. Серия: Право. 2026. № 1 (64). С. 301–310.

Масленникова Е. Р.

The article examines the problem of minors’ lack of the right to choose such a complicated form of criminal justice as trial by jury. The most significant periods of minors’ right to be tried by a jury are defined. After the explanations of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in 2019 the jury may consider juvenile cases in certain conditions. It is noted that it causes the problem of the different procedural opportunities of juvenile defendants. The possibility of making an independent decision to choose a form of criminal justice is proposed at the final stage of studying the matter of the criminal case. To substantiate the possibility of making the decision, 3 groups of minors are identified: under the age of 18, emancipated, and those who reached the age of 18 at the final stage of studying the matter of the criminal case. It is concluded that it is possible to grant a minor the right to choose trial by jury.

Keywords: несовершеннолетние, minors, право на суд присяжных, the right to trial by jury, the choice of form of criminal justice, выбор формы уголовного правосудия