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What do other countries do? Is the decision made by one person that has these same fallacies? At least the risk is spread out some in the jury situation.
by piptastic 10y ago
What do other countries do?
Is the decision made by one person that has these same fallacies? At least the risk is spread out some in the jury situation.
- burkaman 10y agoOther countries definitely use juries, just not as universally as the US. They more often just have a judge or a panel of judges, or sometimes a sort of jury that includes judges.
- antris 10y agoProper training alleviates these fallacies. I trust a judge much better than a jury of random people.
- yompers888 10y agoOn the other hand, the random jury doesn't have the same perverse incentives and web of relationships that support conviction.
- r00fus 10y agoWould you still trust that judge that was elected to office with lobbyist money?
- burkaman 10y agoI think electing judges might also be a uniquely American thing, and less than half the country does it. It's a much weirder practice than using juries. Obviously you can still say a judge was appointed by people elected with lobbyist money, but it's not that direct.
- lucb1e 10y agoMight be my lack of knowledge in the subject, but I've never heard of electing judges. Isn't it just a study and a background check or so, at least in western Europe?
- burkaman 10y agoNot only do some states have elections, but they have partisan elections, which is just obviously a dumb idea. I have no idea how it works in other countries, but in most US states judges are either elected by the legislature or appointed by the governor.
- antris 10y agoJudges are not elected in my country, so can't comment on that.