Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing

Re:Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing by Scarblac on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:19AM (#12253771)

If I were accused of a crime, I would want extremely competent people with a passion for justice. Say, highly educated, experienced judges who have come through some tough qualifying process (with a large psychological component) and who can be completely independent in their decision making.

Random people on a jury can be misled in many ways.

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Re:Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing by techdragon on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @07:42AM (#12253862)

Especially when the process of jury selection is used to weed out independent thinkers, critical thinkers, pretty much anyone who thinks at all.

I recall a study that found a downward trend over the decades, juries are on average are getting stupider as lawyers get to pick and choose for nearly any reason, they have been progressively more bold I'm their selection of "sheeple" jurors, but I can't find any references for it unfortunately :-/

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