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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In the US, defendants have the right to a trial by jury, but they can waive that and request that their case be decided by a judge instead.
The jury gets sworn in. They have a legal obligation to follow the law. They aren’t supposed to decide the case on any other basis than the law as explained to them by the judge and the evidence and testimony presented during the trial.
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