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  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Aren’t jury trials statistically more likely to result in a false coviction than other trials? Given how much presentation, charisma, gender and race can influence a verdict its already about how much the jury like the defendant.

    • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      6 hours ago

      Not really. I mean sure some jurors may not like a defendant because of their race, but the court process seeks to mitigate these issues. For example there are 12 jurors and a unanimous verdict is required. The hope being that the majority of jurors will be able to convince a few racist ones to set aside their prejudism.

      This isn’t really a reason to just throw out the whole process and make trials popularity contests.