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The op was advocating for 'basic comprehension and reasoning test' which I think voir dire covers and in my experience did cover. The current process is more ab
by annoyingnoob 5y ago
The op was advocating for 'basic comprehension and reasoning test' which I think voir dire covers and in my experience did cover. The current process is more about eliminating bias than screening for intelligence, which seems right.
I think a jury should be representative of the community, all of the community.
- sokoloff 5y agoIf the case is engineering-heavy, I’d expect [at least] one side to bias the jury away from containing engineers/scientists. If it’s heavily reliant on medical testimony, at least one side will try to exclude doctors, etc. I think that’s inherent in the adversarial system (where each lawyer is advocating for their client’s interests), but I also think it sucks.
- taneq 5y agoI’d be interested in seeing a stats about key evidence type vs. juror preferences on each side vs. eventual case outcome. I bet you could predict guilt reasonably well by looking at what sort of jurors the defence tries to exclude.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago"I think a jury should be representative of the community, all of the community." But you are getting a random, not a balanced sample of the community - one person might get a jury of stock brokers, the other might be stuck with 13 guys that are local drunks and never finished school.