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I am getting increasingly skeptical of juries. For one, I just don't think we are very rational. And I am including myself in that. And, like this case, the p
by Gunax 3y ago
I am getting increasingly skeptical of juries.
For one, I just don't think we are very rational. And I am including myself in that.
And, like this case, the personalities reflect exactly what happens when you gether a dozen individuals. One or two are loud-mouth bravados, a few don't speak, and some are just apathetic. It's nice to think that I would be that disagreeable person who would stand my ground, but I am not sure.
Sometimes I wonder what we would do if the courts were designed today. I am pretty sure we would not come up with a system where we gather 12 random people. I don't know what we would decide on, but almost certainly not this. But like many things, it varies on because no one has an obviously better way.
- trilbyglens 3y agoWatch a few lower court cases on YouTube, and your opinion of judges might drop so low you'd be happy with juries again hah.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoThis. Every judge I know has their mind made up before the trial even starts.
- armada651 3y agoJust because you let trials be decided by judges does not mean it always has to be a single judge deciding a case. Based on the severity of the crime you can have multiple judges decide the case. Also you can keep a right to trial by jury for the defendant. If the defendant decides they'd rather by judged by their peers they can choose a trial by jury. It's their constitutional right in the US after all.
- Ekaros 3y agoJudges are crap, prosecutors are crap, juries are crap... And sometimes the defence is crap... It seems extremely expensive, inefficient and broken system overall.