That's pretty much the original idea: The jury is an old form of democracy. The king/government can make what laws they like, but it needs to have enough popul

That's pretty much the original idea: The jury is an old form of democracy. The king/government can make what laws they like, but it needs to have enough popular support that a jury will freely choose to convict according to it. Of course, like all forms of democracy, the outcomes don't always agree with your or my sense of justice. > it has to be balanced against crimes that are in principle clearly wrong In this system, whoever gets to decide what is "clearly wrong" has the real power.