Actually the jury selection standards do not allow, say, a black person to be given a trial by a jury of racists. There's no way to accurately determine whether or not they are immediately of course but a jury has to reach a consensus on the verdict. It's not a democracy; everyone stays in deliberation until there is a unanimous consent amongst the jury on the verdict, and deliberations can go on for hours, if not days. That's why there seems to be such showmanship in trials; the jury has to be FULLY convinced. Hence "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" comes into play. It's up to the judge to determine the punishment since regardless of whether or not they have a degree in law they WILL have to be educated on the various statutes and court cases since a terrible ruling can and often will cost them their entire career. What's good for the goose...
And I imagine there wouldn't be many scandals. Like I said, censorship. How many opportunities are individuals who are convicted wrongly going to exactly have to appeal the decision, and furthermore, who is going to listen? I'm not saying the American justice system is perfect, far from it, but the German one isn't either, and I find it MORE disturbing that there's been so few scandals than if there were more of them. It's kind of a matter of "what AREN'T we hearing about?" I mean it sucks that we have wrongful convictions here but that's bound to happen. No justice system is perfect. At least ours seem to be exposed every so often.
And I imagine there wouldn't be many scandals. Like I said, censorship. How many opportunities are individuals who are convicted wrongly going to exactly have to appeal the decision, and furthermore, who is going to listen? I'm not saying the American justice system is perfect, far from it, but the German one isn't either, and I find it MORE disturbing that there's been so few scandals than if there were more of them. It's kind of a matter of "what AREN'T we hearing about?" I mean it sucks that we have wrongful convictions here but that's bound to happen. No justice system is perfect. At least ours seem to be exposed every so often.
