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goose fleet posted:I think I'd rather see a voluntary jury system, one that compensates you or provides some other incentives for serving the full time required. Why would you ever want to be judged by a jury of your peers that don't even want to be there and aren't paying attention and just want to get out as fast as possible because they feel they're stuck there for some bullshit reason? Couldn't volunteer juries lead to an increase in jury nullification? People might become jurors in order to thwart the enforcement of laws they didn't like. Edit: One point the article makes that hasn't been discussed in this thread much is that juries (particularly in complex civil cases) don't have sufficient familiarity with the law to apply a judge's instructions. Abolishing juries (or requiring jurors to be lawyers, which amounts to much the same thing; you're replacing jurors with extra judges) in civil cases isn't the only solution to this, though; the article suggests allowing juries to take notes on the judge's instructions, for example. Edit 2: I am deeply skeptical of the value of juries in civil cases, and even in criminal ones to an extent. I don't see the Seventh Amendment, let alone the Sixth, being repealed any time soon, though. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 18:56 on Oct 30, 2015 |
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