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Review of juries #51
Review of juries #51
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Not quite sure how to read this. Is the suggestion that jury trial might not be a good idea? What's the alternative that still satisfies the 'trial by your peers' thing? |
Sorry, yes, that is the suggestion. I've lost the link now but I read |
This isn't something I've come across before; is there a reputable organisation calling for reform of the system who we can reference, perhaps? |
I would have very deep reservations against this move unless, as James with kind regards, about.me/pauljrobinson On 9 January 2014 15:09, James Smith notifications@github.com wrote:
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Not that I know of, but I will do some research on this and come back to |
For now I'm ✋ on this |
I'm a 👎 on this currently, but I could support something that talked about improving jury selection in complex trials, so that people truly are tried by their peers. |
@Floppy That could work. I.e. complex fraud cases having a jury composed mainly of folks what can do numbers and stuff... I'll leave this open for now to remind me to re-work it. |
Okay, updated wording. That does make more sense I think. |
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What do you reckon to this updated wording, @Floppy ? |
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