[BikerNYC]

Juries award the damages, sure... but who do you think is hand-picking and hood-winking them?

Then defense lawyers are incompetent because they are involved in the jury selection process too. Lawyers representing defendants get to pick jurors as well, and they get to explain their case to the jury. If they are letting plaintiff's lawyers "hood-wink" juries, they should find a new profession.

[pgyanke]

The problem with our current jury selection is that both sides go for the gullible and easily led. Each side wants people they can persuade to their cause. Neither side wants too many independently-minded people who will ignore their arguments and look only at the facts.

I have a problem with jury-selection (as it's currently done) because rationality is a liability.