The use of a trial is to determine the fate of a criminal/criminals. Depending on what kind of trial is taking place, there might be a jury and might not. The reason for a jury is to decide the fate of the said person on trial. The American jury trial is a constitutional right. It says so right in the sixth and seventh amendment. The jury system keeps America’s check and balances in check by giving power of fate to the hands of peers. The system of checks and balances makes sure none of the three branches have more power than the other branches. By putting the power of choice into the hands of the American people it does exactly this. With jury trials it prevents tyranny. Tyranny is an excess of power exerted by the government or, to put it,
