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 :-/