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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by pjc50 on Thursday September 20, 2018 @06:38AM (#18031185)
Other countries have juries. America is I think unique in having elected prosecutors, who have major incentives to commit whatever miscarriages of justice they think will help them get (re-)elected.
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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by candiodari on Thursday September 20, 2018 @08:27AM (#18031779)
Actually, outside of the US, not many countries have juries for most crimes.

In most of Western Europe, juries are only possible for murder (or worse). For everything else, a judge decides without any recourse for the population. There, you do not have the right to a jury trial at all.

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