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joebob42 | 1 year ago

how are the jurors chosen? I'd expect this would be too small a sampling of people to be really representative, and I think it's often easy to confuse jurors who are (by definition) not experts.

Not that I think they system as it is is great, but I'm not sure this helps / doesn't have its own significant failure modes.

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unglowin|1 year ago

> jurors who are (by definition) not experts.

Untrue, an expert can be a juror but I know what you are trying to say.

The thing is, congress members are rarely experts themselves, but the court system actively encourages expert witness testimony.

unglowin|1 year ago

Same way they already are for trial.

I welcome court and jury selection reform.

I am just also advocating for extending where those powers are used.