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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by emodendroket on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:48PM (#14932124)
Besides being extremely disruptive to jurors' lives, you also have many of the same problems of an all-judge system (people becoming too close to prosecutors and wanting to the rule the "right" way, etc.) without the mitigation provided by the bar and full legal training.
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by zo1 on Friday August 04, 2017 @06:08PM (#14932759)
Seemingly free and "just" governments have done much more "disruptive" things in the past, so there is precedent. E.g. Conscription and mandatory military training.

Edit: Typo.

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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by emodendroket on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:12PM (#14933137)
So what? Does that make it a good idea?
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Re:Martin Shkreli is found guilty of securities fraud by zo1 on Friday August 04, 2017 @08:41PM (#14933559)
I'm a Libertarian, so I'd say No. But my point was that government has in the past done things that have been highly disruptive to their citizens' time.
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