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Without getting into all the various ways the jury system fails in general, would it make sense to have a more professional jury for sexual crimes? I don't actu
by oldmanjay 11y ago
Without getting into all the various ways the jury system fails in general, would it make sense to have a more professional jury for sexual crimes? I don't actually know what sort of training might be applicable here but I imagine it could ve more effective than 12 random citizens trying to process things they don't really understand.
- rblatz 11y agoProfessional juries sound good on the surface, but are really a bad idea when you get into how they actually work. How do you appoint these juries, and how do you measure their performance? If you elect them, they will invariably go tough on crime, and have a huge conflict of interest in finding people guilty. If you don't elect them and they are appointed who appoints them and how can you prevent the ultimate check on the state's power from being corrupted?
- pekk 11y agoWhat standard are you training them to meet? In this thread we are already struggling with "innocent until proven guilty." I don't think the problem is that juries are too stupid.
- coldtea 11y agoThe whole idea of jury is that the society, and not some "experts" judge a case.