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Perhaps y'all would prefer a system where the state judges your innocence or guilt? Because that is what you are asking for when you duck your duty as a citizen.
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Well in continental Europe we have had that system work for centuries and the end-results are not worser than with Jury. In fact here in Spain the percentage of judicial errors with the Jury is significantly higher than with a court of professional Judges. Spanish lawyers have here a say: "If I'm innocent let me be judged by a professional, if guilty by a Jury"
In the end it is just a political option, though I admit that I have never seen quirurgical medical operations or constructing a skyscraper by a Jury instead of a professional ...
