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Old 03-06-2014, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by JourneyOfLife View Post
South Africa apparently does not have trial by jury.

I suppose a judge will decide.

Jury trial: South Africa - Wikipedia
I am in favor of No Jury trials. In South Africa they have two Assessors (I believe they are called) who assist the Judge in determining her decision.

The Jury of your Peers trial should work, but when the Attorneys are able to throw off people for reasons unknown to many of us, they are able to stack the Jury in their favor. Not been very favorably impressed with several of the jury trials we have seen of late!
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