Does Juries Promote Democracy By Paul Mendelle

The general argument made by Paul Mendelle in his work is that juries promote democracy and give a taste of judicial system to ordinary, everyday people. More specifically Mendelle argues that juries are the most fair, effective, and efficient system to convict people of crimes they have or have not committed. He writes “ There is no other part of the constitution that is so open to the public, where ordinary people participate in decisions of suc immediate importance and wield real power.”(line 23-25) In this passage Mendelle is suggesting that in the court system people of all kinds are able to obtain control of another person’s fate and that this is the system that is working for our democratic country. In conclusion, Mendelle’s belief is that juries work the best for our judicial/court system and that they are able to reach a verdict faster and are unbiased about the cases the are placed on. …show more content…
More specifically I believe that we, as country, should not place the fate of someone’s life into the hands of twelve people who are picked from random selection whether they are guilty or not. Although Mendelle might object that this is the quickest, easiest, and most fair way of making a decision. I maintain the idea that we can find a different and more fair way to look upon legal cases that doesn’t involve juries of some sort. Therefore I conclude that juries are not only extremely biased and unfair but not the way we should be using to make legal