>research indicates that judge and jury decisions are quite similar,
>although juries tend to be more than lenient than judges and more
>willing to consider social, in contrast to strictly legal definition of
>guilt...
And if more cases went to jury, might not the first part of this change because the second part would come more into play? One thing seems certain, it would be impossible to put away as many people as we do if everyone went to jury trial. The system would collapse under its own weight.