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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 05:35 AM EDT |
The purpose of the jury is as a check against the power of the state. If the
state accuses you of a crime, it must convince a sufficient number of your peers
that you are guilty before it can punish you. The judge cannot be assumed to be
wholly impartial because the judge is an instrument of the state.
The value of a jury in civil trials is less obvious, since the judge is not an
instrument of the plaintiff in such cases.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 08:27 AM EDT |
I think juries are like mushrooms in many trials. Much maneuvering is done by
judges, lawyers, plaintiffs, and defendants to keep them in the dark and fed
decaying organic materials. It's hard to see what hand they are dealt from the
gallery. I feel sorry for them because they don't know that they can say
"Something stinks here" and go against the judge, state, and politics.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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