Comments by "Aaron Okeanos" (@AaronOkeanos) on "Most Americans Not Competent Enough for Jury Duty" video.
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There are advanced countries, who are like the US also democracies have the rule of law, etc. but have no juries. In Europe in particular. They have judges, lawyers, witnesses, etc. and all the procedures ... but no juries, no jury duty and so on.
It changes a lot and lays much more weight on the judge and on the arguments and substance of the lawyers. Less social hacking, less manipulation, less biasness by selection, less gaslighting since judges can see through them much easier.
However it also makes the judges role and ability much more important ... and I'm not sure American Judges who are often political appointees and not always selected for their abilities, experience and objectivity would be a good idea to be implemented in the US since it gives potentially corrupt judges even more power.
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