Is the jury system broken?
Let me answer that . . . No!
Oldplayer
The author’s history and logic are broken.
I would only add that the only problem with the jury system is this...jury`s are to often hearing cases that should never have come before them
“Is the jury system broken?”
Yes, but for none of the reasons described in the article, which is a whiny, worthless piece of garbage. I find it odd that these liberal whiners have absolutely no interest in or use for history except for the bits and pieces that suit their particular narrative.
We copied a very bad judicial system. Many countries in Europe have much better systems. In those, the prosecutor and the defense attorney BOTH have their first allegiances to the law and the truth, not to “win or lose”. The defense attorney is their to ensure that the evidence and law is fairly applied to their client.
Also, our system tends to select the dumbest and most pliable jurists possible.
Let me answer that . . . No!
Not entirely broken, as the Zimmerman case shows. But it is seriously dented, in the sense that jurors are told that they don’t have the discretion that the prosecutor has - which is to treat a violation as serious or as a technicality. If as the author ofThree Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent - Harvey Silverglate (Author), Alan M. Dershowitz (Foreword)argues, anyone can be held to be guilty of something, that is not a minor point.