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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
I wouldn't object if it were voluntary jury service. I've heard many people say they'd be curious to serve on a jury and see the system in action. Great. Put your name in a pool. Or possibly required as a function of receiving government benefits, like unemployment or something like that. That they snatch people out of productive lives against there will is nothing short of slavery. Period. How something can be immoral for one to do, but become moral for a group or government is beyond me.
You're worried they may form prejudices. They've already got those and I don't think we need to go into too much detail about that do we? On the other hand, they would form expertise and wouldn't have to have a million things explained to them on every case. It would, whether you agree with it or not., be a substantial increase in efficiency, something the court system could use.
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Since jurors decide fact, not law, you don't need to explain anything to them. And yes, everyone is biased in some way, but having random different biases is what makes it fair. Also, if juries were only voluntary then it's no longer random and representative of society. Because only certain kinds of people will opt to volunteer.