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> The judges, lawyers, prosecutors and the police I agree wholeheartedly, but the world seems to have a problem holding government employees responsible for th
by tomnipotent 5y ago
> The judges, lawyers, prosecutors and the police
I agree wholeheartedly, but the world seems to have a problem holding government employees responsible for their actions.
Ended up on Wikipedia reading about the history of jury trials, and found this lovely snippet:
One issue that has been raised is the ability of a jury to fully understand evidence. It has been said that the expectation of jury members as to the explanatory power of scientific evidence has been raised by TV police procedural and legal dramas, in what is known as the 'CSI effect'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial
- watwut 5y agoAfaik, jury is answering series of specific questions in a process controlled by layers. So you have tidbits like jury not being able to take own notes, because rules says so. That is real world example. The quote you have there is complaint about jury expecting too convincing evidence. And the real world issue is them falling for real evidence. The issue here is with "experts" saying non scientific crap in courtrooms and juries being told this is science. Experts who have little to no scientific training, little to no checking done over methods they use and so on.