On Jun 12, 2007, at 5:32 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Besides - if juries take their responsibilities so seriously, how
> come that
> prisons are populated by folk that many (including yourself) claim
> that
> should not been there.
Lots and lots of people never get a trial before a jury - they're plea-bargained into the pokey. There's a good reason for that - prosecutors fear that the accused will get off in a jury trial.
Doug