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by joebob42 730 days ago
how are the jurors chosen? I'd expect this would be too small a sampling of people to be really representative, and I think it's often easy to confuse jurors who are (by definition) not experts.

Not that I think they system as it is is great, but I'm not sure this helps / doesn't have its own significant failure modes.

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> jurors who are (by definition) not experts.

Untrue, an expert can be a juror but I know what you are trying to say.

The thing is, congress members are rarely experts themselves, but the court system actively encourages expert witness testimony.

Same way they already are for trial.

I welcome court and jury selection reform.

I am just also advocating for extending where those powers are used.