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Originally Posted by Schöneboom
(I wonder if lawyers would actually want smart jurors, though!)
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Probably not. If jurors were legally trained, it would be harder to call upon their empathy for other people. They would know the exact words and interperatations of the laws.
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Originally Posted by Aramike
Jury duty sucks - no doubt about it. But when the HELL did we become a society of people who can't think 1 inch beyond ourselves?
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The '60's and '70's maybe?
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Originally Posted by Hitman
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"
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Yes, but once you take jurors out of the equation, and you leave all judgements to state sponsored professionals, you are only one step away from the legal system of Nazi Germany. You don't want that now do you?