Abstract
Lay participation has historically been viewed as a mechanism to lessen the severity of punishments proposed by magistrates. Nevertheless, its implementation in Cordoba (Argentina) takes place in the opposite situation, when the citizens request a tough response from the judges. The article reviews how the tensions between the guarantee-based approach, typical of judges and lawyers and the demand for penal harshness - coming from common citizens - are handled in the implementation of this experience. The analysis uses data obtained in the sentences pronounced in the period 2005-2007, and interviews to lawyers, magistrates and common citizens who served as jurors.
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