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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
If your guilty, go with a jury, if your innocent go with the judge. The average person does not have the ability to find the truth. After a trial, jurors vote for the most convincing lawyer and their decision has nothing to do with the dependents guilt or innocence
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It seems to me that the court system does not want jurors who think for themselves. You are not supposed to research anything related to the case you are hearing nor really even talk about the case under consideration with anyone other than another jury member and that's only when all the other jury members are present.
It kind of makes the whole thing into a contest on who can present the most convincing case to the jury while the judge tries to make sure that the Rules of Evidence are followed.
In law school, there was a very popular Law Professor Irving Younger who said that trials were like theater. In my experiences as a potential juror as well as watching various trials on TV, that seems to be true.
In our justice system, I believe that most cases are plea bargained and never make it to a jury. I could be wrong about this, but that seemed to be the situation when I was in law school.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/plea-bargains
I am not sure about what country has the best legal system not being familiar with all of them. One thing for sure though is that ours is one of the ones that has the most humane treatment of prisoners and looks out for the rights of the defendants.