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Are they juries? A lay judge is different, and given the implementation of it, it seems barely better than what they had before, since a lay judge is typically
by deciplex 12y ago
Are they juries? A lay judge is different, and given the implementation of it, it seems barely better than what they had before, since a lay judge is typically going to just defer to the professional judge most of the time, anyway.
- hga 12y agoI figured the system would end up being "juries" only in form and didn't investigate it, but it's of course it turns out to be much worse as you point out. And then there's this gem from Wikipedia which echoes the early issues with common law juries, which were not much respected by the ruling class if the case was important and they rendered the "wrong" verdict: "Others have written with concern regarding the harsh secrecy provision in the statute which includes the risk of criminal penalties for those lay judges who would publicly share confidential deliberation room discussion even after trial proceedings are complete.: I'm sure there's a lot more where that came from, plus of course as you note extreme deference would likely be paid to the professional judges. The above is from the end of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judges_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_judges_in_Japan