I’ve always been confused by this.
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Why would you want a bunch of randoms to decide your fate, and not the actual judge with a law degree and years of experience?
Why do those people have more power than the judge? They can decide anything they want and the judge is basically just the guy who signs and does the paperwork.
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Keep in mind this isn’t the “US” system. It’s based on English Common Law going back many centuries and variations on this system are found all over the world. It’s a decision “too important” to be left to a single man, who might be corrupt. Judges are there to decide matters of law (procedural issues), the jury decides matters of fact (basically which witnesses and lawyers should be believed).
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