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He was convicted by a jury of his 'peers'.

• xvector 8y ago
  My biggest problem with the justice system. Do any of us really trust our peers?
  • smilliken 8y ago
    Who would you prefer to be on the jury?
    • xvector 8y ago
      That's a much harder question and one I don't claim to have an answer to. It doesn't change the fact that I don't trust my peers. I don't trust your average American to be informed enough and educated enough to make decisions about my life. Jury of peers might as well be trial by mob.
      • beatgammit 8y ago
        Well, it's better than a trial by your accuser.
  • opportune 8y ago
    Not just peers, peers who didn't get out of jury duty. Personally I think jury duty should just be mandatory (with the only exceptions being extreme circumstances) because it being so easy to get out of creates a major bias in the set of people actually doing jury duty.