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A jury is not a 'bunch of randomly selected individuals'. It is a 'bunch of randomly selected individuals who have had to sit around and assess arguments from b
by onan_barbarian 15y ago
A jury is not a 'bunch of randomly selected individuals'. It is a 'bunch of randomly selected individuals who have had to sit around and assess arguments from both sides, to the exclusion of most other activities'. You might legitimately be eager to see what such a group of people might think; especially as opposed to, or in addition to, a judge.
Possibly, dare I say it, it might even be more interesting than the weighted average of 12 random members of the Brains Trust here on HN reading a blog for 5 minutes and forming an opinion...