We have a serious problem with the jury system in America and nobody talks about it. Voir dire doesn't work. The system would still be flawed with only White Americans. It's entirely unfit for a country made up of Diverse Americans. Unfortunately it seems to be one of those third rails we're not allowed to ever do anything about, like birthright citizenship and one person one vote. You can't touch the sanctity of the holy jury system. It's just the way it is.
There's a line in an episode of "King of the Hill" with Bill talking about being on a jury and he says, "I've been on a jury 4 times and all 4 times we did our job and voted guilty."
People have trouble with the concept of presumed innocence
We have a serious problem with the jury system in America and nobody talks about it. Voir dire doesn't work. The system would still be flawed with only White Americans. It's entirely unfit for a country made up of Diverse Americans. Unfortunately it seems to be one of those third rails we're not allowed to ever do anything about, like birthright citizenship and one person one vote. You can't touch the sanctity of the holy jury system. It's just the way it is.
Surprisingly a topic about this did get stickied on thedonald today, pointing out one of the major flaws.
There's a line in an episode of "King of the Hill" with Bill talking about being on a jury and he says, "I've been on a jury 4 times and all 4 times we did our job and voted guilty."
People have trouble with the concept of presumed innocence
It works in a racially homogenous, high trust society. We are not that anymore.