12-04-2014, 09:42 AM
I don't know about doing away with peer juries and moving to professional juries or judges for all cases, Duchess.
I would like to see an unbiased legal/research organization conduct a study by presenting cases that have already been decided (by peer grand and trial juries) to professional juries and (separately) to recently retired judges.
For me, it would be important to understand the differences in the decisions/verdicts reached by each of the three types of judgement bodies, along with the rationale behind the verdicts/decisions of each. I'd wanna be sure there was a notable difference in the outcomes and, if so, that the professional juries' decisions were generally considered more just (as determined by unbiased legal experts and a sample of the general public) before advocating to abolish peer juries and move to professional ones.
I would like to see an unbiased legal/research organization conduct a study by presenting cases that have already been decided (by peer grand and trial juries) to professional juries and (separately) to recently retired judges.
For me, it would be important to understand the differences in the decisions/verdicts reached by each of the three types of judgement bodies, along with the rationale behind the verdicts/decisions of each. I'd wanna be sure there was a notable difference in the outcomes and, if so, that the professional juries' decisions were generally considered more just (as determined by unbiased legal experts and a sample of the general public) before advocating to abolish peer juries and move to professional ones.