You're making my point better than I did. You continued to misrepresent my perspective by claiming I've only heard of one or two cases that went bad and that only an lawyer or judge can have a valid opinion on the matter no matter how many people say they got their nuts put through the wringer unjustly.
To be succinct, your problem is that you don't read. NOWHERE in this thread have I said that YOU served on 1 or 2 juries. What I have said is that the anecdotal evidenc that you are pointing to is from people who most likely have not served on a jury, or at most once or twice.
Maybe if you'd listen more when others are talking, you would have found the entire experience different since what you think was being said isn't in fact what was said at all.
Neither do I get my perspective from TV, with the exception of the OJ trial, which was scripted as far as I know. I realize that you have an invested interest in the matter and you are certainly entitled to your opinion, but no one else's.
You forgot to add that I am infinitely mre qualified to judge the opinions of others. You're the guy that tells the gunsmith of 30 years that he's doing it all wrong because you read something in a gun rag or head something on the internet.
Lets assume that you actually have sat on 10 juries. Are you going to claim that you have the same knowledge as someone who has seen 100 juries? Are you going to tell me that you know what is going on better than someone who was trained to cut a jury?
Your posts are full of assumptions and guesses. You throw out BS comments about how the systems in other nations are better and (surprise) you have no experience living in these countries or dealing with these systems.
As a juror you really have no idea what is going on during voir dire either. You really don't know the facts of the case or much else. You don't know what the attorneys are looking for, or how they go about what they are doing.
You've only been on one side of the equation. To presume you know exactly what is going on with the entire process is a joke. Watching a surgery doesn't give me the ability to critique the doctor any more than being interviewed a jury gives you the ability to judge the system.
You are free to feel as bitter as you like, but your accusations are simply unfounded.