02-02-2005, 02:00 PM
Zagatto Wrote:It drives me crazy to hear how many people find the jury system to be a waste of their time. That's part of what makes America a great thing. The right to be tried by a jury of your peers rather than having justice handed out by some arbitrary tyrant is a wonderful benefit.
People seem to have lost sight of the fact that by being on a jury means you are contributing your share to your community.
That's very nice, in theory. Unfortunately many times people are judged simply because the jury wants to wrap it up and go home or because they don't like the person's face. Of course since in every system human beings judge human beings the problem exists everwhere but it's like someone said sometimes these people are simply too ignorant to do what they're doing.