Slavery, killing a consenting human being, and helping a person to commit suicide are also serious crimes that are tried by this court.
Decisions are made by giudici togati and giudici popolari together at a special meeting held behind closed doors, named Council Chamber (Camera di Consiglio), and the Corte d'Assise is required to publish written explanations of its decisions.
Lay judges for the Corte d'Assise must have completed their education to the level of junior high school (scuola media).
The lay judges for the Corte d'Assise d'Appello must hold a diploma from a senior high school (scuola superiore).
When a crime needs to be tried, the president of the courthouse draws the names of the lay judges and of their substitutes in a public audience.
Giuro altresì di conservare il segreto.Through the oath, they swear they will diligently listen to the reasons of both the prosecution and the defense, will serenely examine the evidence, and will honestly and impartially judge.
Lay judges wear a sash in the national colours and are not technically jurors, as the term is understood in Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence.
Keeping a citizen - who continues to work, while serving as a lay judge - sequestered for years would be unfeasible.