The jury trial did not prove to be very well suited to criminal proceedings in civil law systems. Which of the following came to provide a functional equivalent to the jury trial?

a. Trial by compurgation
b. Mixed benches
c. Petite, rather than Grand, juries
d. Trial by ordeal


b. Mixed benches

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