LambChop
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I'm curious... what exactly are you all hoping to change regarding the jury system? I've heard rumblings for years that some want to have a group of "professional" jurors put in place, and I can think of a dozen reasons why that would be ineffective. One big reason is, the state would have to pay them and pay them well, because they would be working non-stop. I don't think there are many states that can afford it.
We're all entitled to have a jury of our peers, and everyone has a 50-50 chance of being convicted or walking out free. Isn't that pretty fair??
There have been plenty of innocent people who were convicted and some were already dead by the time they were exonerated. I don't see the big public outcry over that, do you?
I'm not trying to start an argument, just giving my opinions. But I think the jury system is just fine the way it is now. We can all be upset and angry that she was acquitted but it's not going to change a thing where Casey is concerned. Sometimes Life just sucks and there's not much we can do about it in the end, except deal with it.
When I was on a jury the foreman was excellent. He was aware of what he was suppose to do because of prior jury experience. When a foreman is picked maybe they should receive a little more instruction on what is required of them to do in terms of jury instructions and keeping deliberations flowing and seeing that any questions a juror had that can't be answered by anyone within the room be directed to the judge. We did that when we were deliberating. In the end we felt we all made the right decision based on information we received from the judge and the evidence we reviewed. Misinformation caused this jury to get way off track and my guess is the majority of the jurors just wanted to get out of town pronto. Old saying from the Bible....."Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." If jurors don't have proper tools and information you can't expect them to do a super job. jmo