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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>They can decide anything they want and the judge is basically just the guy who signs and does the paperwork.
LOL, that is such a far cry from what a judge does who needs to intimately understand the law and give the directions to jury on to what they CAN and CAN’T consider and what can and can’t be included in testimony. The judge is integral on how cases proceed. The jury often makes one decision on a case with simple charges (innocent or guilty) while a judge may have dozens or hundreds of decisions until then. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of how the US courts work.
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