Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278 § 4
Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
The following oath shall be administered to the jurors for the trial of all criminal cases which are not capital:
You shall well and truly try the issue between the commonwealth and the defendant, (or the defendants, as the case may be,) according to your evidence; so help you God.
The following oath shall be administered to the jurors for the trial of capital cases:
You shall well and truly try, and true deliverance make, between the commonwealth and the prisoner at the bar, whom you shall have in charge, according to your evidence; so help you God.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 4