Comments on: Jury of your peers http://cephyn.com/2009/08/06/jury-of-your-peers/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:08:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Mikey http://cephyn.com/2009/08/06/jury-of-your-peers/#comment-10631 Mikey Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:30:18 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/08/06/jury-of-your-peers/#comment-10631 I'm not sold on professional jurors, but I do think we should have minimum requirements for jurors. Something based on education (college) and/or property (head of household). I’m not sold on professional jurors, but I do think we should have minimum requirements for jurors. Something based on education (college) and/or property (head of household).

]]> By: Mike http://cephyn.com/2009/08/06/jury-of-your-peers/#comment-10566 Mike Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:53:31 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2009/08/06/jury-of-your-peers/#comment-10566 I've been interested in this question since I was a kid. I didn't know your point about the Magna Carta and learned something new about Japan, thanks to your post. The idea of professional, expert arbiters who are neither judges nor lawyers sounds to me like the way the government works. Three branches keep each other in check (supposedly). Currently, the accused are technically allowed to choose between juries or judges interpreting the evidence, so the only thing I see wrong with a menu of three choices for the accused is increasing the appeals quagmire. In other words, this third option might make things more inefficient. I’ve been interested in this question since I was a kid. I didn’t know your point about the Magna Carta and learned something new about Japan, thanks to your post.

The idea of professional, expert arbiters who are neither judges nor lawyers sounds to me like the way the government works. Three branches keep each other in check (supposedly). Currently, the accused are technically allowed to choose between juries or judges interpreting the evidence, so the only thing I see wrong with a menu of three choices for the accused is increasing the appeals quagmire. In other words, this third option might make things more inefficient.

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