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Juries - Yay or Nay?

  • 09-11-2007 3:17pm
    #1
    LadyJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering what people's thoughts are on this topic. Is it really a good idea to have a jury of "your peers" decide your fate? If not, what would be a more suitable method for deciding on a verdict?


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  • #2
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Everybody has prejudices. Both the average jurist and Supreme Court judges. That's why your fate is decided by 12 punters - the idea being the prejudices should in theory cancel themselves out.

    The jury system has been around a long time, and nobody's come up with a better idea yet.


  • #3
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    minimum IQ/aptitude level ftw


  • #4
    Spades
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭Spades


    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    minimum IQ/aptitude level ftw

    Everybody would make sure they did badly in these tests to avoid duty;)


  • #5
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Spades wrote: »
    Everybody would make sure they did badly in these tests to avoid duty;)


    Suppose you'd have to balance it out by applying the same rules for having a right to vote.... . . which would be . .. . terrible of course... Yes, terrible!


  • #6
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,112 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Bigger Juries!


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  • #7
    tech77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭tech77


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Bigger Juries!

    Theoretically the most obvious solution.
    Practically though.. :)


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