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  Re: Do trials by jury make sense?  
From: Darren New
Date: 28 Apr 2008 11:28:05
Message: <4815ed05$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Stephen <mcavoysAT@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> You don't really get the point about being tried by a jury of your
>> peers, do you?
> 
>   I, once again, would like to make the comparison: If there's a crime
> in progress, would you prefer experienced trained police officers to
> handle it, or a lynch mob of random people?

This is a different situation. There's an urgency, a risk of escalating 
danger, and a possible initiation of violence.

A better comparison would be whether you'd more likely see a movie the 
educated critics say is good and everyone else says is bad or vice versa.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."


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