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by rndgermandude 2594 days ago
You're talking about juries from the same nation, even same state, as the jury who was utterly impressed by "if it does not fit, you must acquit!", right? Juries, that suffer from the CSI Effect[1]. Juries that not only are made up of scientific laypersons but judicial laypersons. Juries, that have been shown to fuck up every 1 in 8 criminal cases[2], where the burden of proof is supposed to be a lot higher than in a civil case, such as this one.

So, I am not convinced about your use of "obviously".

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_effect

[2] https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/publications/docs/workingpa...