{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-278-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 4","heading":"Oaths of jurors","body":"Section 4. The following oath shall be administered to the jurors for the trial of all criminal cases which are not capital:\nYou 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.\nThe following oath shall be administered to the jurors for the trial of capital cases:\nYou 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.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 278"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter278/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:22Z","sha256":"7a9829f3273a7e06ec94c62315cde77f98a01f553d493474bac275762c2876ae","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-278-2a-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-278-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}