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The founding fathers were not dummies. There was logic behind the original idea of a jury system.
The problem is niskatnu hadoros. They never could’ve imagined the type of average citizen we have today.
Certainly, I agree that we need to do away with the jury system for civil litigation. The insane amount of awards given for frivolous lawsuits is outrageous.
However, there’s still logic to the jury system for criminal prosecution. It was always meant to be a checks and balance against prosecutorial overreach.
I heard a lecture once from a lawyer, that said there’s not a business owner that doesn’t violate three federal laws a day. Assuming that, a judge, could always find something by the book to convict you of. The jury might be more inclined to take extenuating circumstances into consideration
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