Advantages of a jury system
A major advantage to using a jury system within the criminal trial process is the involvement of the community. As the jury is usually made up of the everyday citizen it …show more content…
An example of this was when two of the jurors were on the trial of a gang rape, the two men went and illegally observed and investigated the site. This is a HUGE disadvantage! The case mentioned was forced to be closed and restarted, in turn costing tax payers more money, just because the jurors then brought personal context into play.
The unprofessional aspect of the jurors can also make them venerable to scaring as they are made to sit through and discover evidence that can often be disturbing and confronting. Jurors can also be very unfair due to not being professionally trained in the courts, as if a juror is only attending because they are forced to through jury duty then they can possibly not care about the trial at all. They can not pay attention and give an unfair opinion as they do not care about the