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Seems like a great way to introduce bias and thus create a useless jury pool. Every summoned juror was selected by sight and was in a mall in the middle of a tr

• jollybean 4y ago
  Bias against what - exactly ? They might represent a perfectly random selection for bias on many issues. Moreover, bias is probably overstated. Nobody is unbiased, we probably just don't want rabid people on juries. I don't have that much faith in random plebes, but after seeing some of the information come out of random juries for big cases, it's actually impressive how reasonable and thoughtful most of these people are in the end. I do wonder about 'unanimity' though, I think unanimous minus one' ought to be valid. You know what's 'great' so long as it's fair: quick justice. Trials take years. We need to get away from our bureaucracies and find smart ways to move the ball forward.