01-16-2014, 05:32 PM
I think there is some merit to the concept of professional juries.
What I'd like to see first is professionally conducted research.
For example, take 100 different cases that were tried with juries of defendants' peers and present the same testimony and the same evidence (presented by the same attorneys) to a professional jury.
This could be done with cases that were fully taped, as many are now. Compare the peer verdicts to the professional verdicts.
It would be interesting and important, to me, to learn how often and why the final outcomes differed between the two.
What I'd like to see first is professionally conducted research.
For example, take 100 different cases that were tried with juries of defendants' peers and present the same testimony and the same evidence (presented by the same attorneys) to a professional jury.
This could be done with cases that were fully taped, as many are now. Compare the peer verdicts to the professional verdicts.
It would be interesting and important, to me, to learn how often and why the final outcomes differed between the two.