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Part of the point of jury-of-your-peers trials is so people can use their biases to make subjective decisions based on their life experience. The tone/inflectio
by jquery 11y ago
Part of the point of jury-of-your-peers trials is so people can use their biases to make subjective decisions based on their life experience. The tone/inflection/appearance of the defendant plays into all of that. What you are suggesting would eliminate that. Why have juries at all, then?
- malka 11y agoYes. Why having easily manipulable group of people, instead of professional judges that are used to lawyers and criminal BS ?
- jquery 11y ago"Juries are often justified because they leaven the law with community norms." "Discussions among juries could lead to more thorough consideration of all aspects of the case." (see: 12 Angry Men) "Occasionally jurors find the law to be invalid or unfair, and on that basis acquit the defendant, regardless of the evidence presented that the defendant violated the law. This is commonly referred to as "jury nullification of law" or simply jury nullification." "It may be more difficult to corrupt 12 jurors than one or several judges." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury