Also @ Seth. Yes I do understand guilt implies having done something wrong. You're technically correct, but I think it was a bit nitpicky.
@ Blind Groper. You said...
Do you include yourself in the number of blithering idiots? Or are you just being a dehumanising Elitist again?My low opinion of the jury system comes from having served twice on juries myself. The number of total blithering idiots on those juries was unbelievable. Not only that, but the ignorance the jury members had for the most basic things acted to create long delays in the judicial process. Professional and trained jurors would lead to more accurate verdicts and shorter trials.
Also you have absolutely no evidence whatsoever to make the claim that professional jurors would lead to more accurate verdicts or shorter trials. In fact I'd suggest if anything paying people to be on juries would increase the length of trials, since they'd be getting paid for it. Assertion certainly but I can at least point to a correlation in the legal industry in which professionals paid by the hour drag their heels because it is more profitable to sustain a case than close it.