One of the major benefits of a professional jury would be that the juries would be made up of people with an in depth understanding of the laws and new technologies. Another pro would be that people who are on a common jury would bring their bias views into the courtroom and because the prosecution can dismiss a juror by challenges or cause, the prosecutor would be able to move the selection in their favor. With professional jury, however, that would not be the case as they would not be able to be removed and would only go off of the evidence presented. The con would be that it would undermine a part of the idea of juries. The point of a jury is to have a mixed selection of peers, with different backgrounds to judge a defendant. If you were to preselect a group, such as a professional jury, then you lose out on the potential of multiple backgrounds. This so because to be selected for a professional jury you would have to go to law school to have an understanding of the laws and not everyone can go to college. Lastly is the pros and cons on police acting as judge and
One of the major benefits of a professional jury would be that the juries would be made up of people with an in depth understanding of the laws and new technologies. Another pro would be that people who are on a common jury would bring their bias views into the courtroom and because the prosecution can dismiss a juror by challenges or cause, the prosecutor would be able to move the selection in their favor. With professional jury, however, that would not be the case as they would not be able to be removed and would only go off of the evidence presented. The con would be that it would undermine a part of the idea of juries. The point of a jury is to have a mixed selection of peers, with different backgrounds to judge a defendant. If you were to preselect a group, such as a professional jury, then you lose out on the potential of multiple backgrounds. This so because to be selected for a professional jury you would have to go to law school to have an understanding of the laws and not everyone can go to college. Lastly is the pros and cons on police acting as judge and