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Re:Has It Become Impossible to Prosecute White-Collar Crime? by scott_s on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @05:42PM (#10428922)
I assume the commenter is proposing to not have jurors. There are other kinds of trials. The Germans do it very differently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Germany

In short, they don't have jurors, but a panel of judges. The judges are not passive, as they are in the US. That is, in the US, judges are referees between two opposing sides. In Germany, the judges are active participants, and can inquire and guide the process.

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Re:Has It Become Impossible to Prosecute White-Collar Crime? by Tomte on Thursday October 22, 2015 @02:39AM (#10430738)
And in most criminal cases there are jurors, called "lay judges".

The court is set up in such a way that at least one lay judge has to concur with a conviction (because of majority rules). So there is also a safety valve where "the common people" can stop oppressive prosecution.

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