They're lay people and tend to follow the professional judge. They are often times more biased than professional judges when it comes to high-morals (I have no

They're lay people and tend to follow the professional judge. They are often times more biased than professional judges when it comes to high-morals (I have no data supporting this claim, but remember that these people want to judge). There's two levels of indirection from the people (they are elected by elected politicians). I don't like it. The law is immutable in a trial and should be interpreted by a professional judge. The control mechanism preventing the judge from unfair interpretation should not be amateur, social conservative, middle age men participating in police interest groups on their spare time ("jäv", happened more than once) Of course, no system is perfect.