Jury System Changes In American Government

Overtime, a lot has changed in the American government. One of these changes is the introduction of the jury system. Ever since the introduction of the jury system, the judicial branch has changed. But the question is, is this change worth it? is it a good idea? The jury system is simply a system in which the verdict in a legal case is decided by a group of twelve regular citizens(the jurors). A lot of questions have been asked about the validity and importance of the jury system. I think the jury system is not a good idea and should therefore be removed because the jurors sometimes do not consider or even understand the evidence provides. They often let their personal feelings affect their verdict, or base it on unreasonable factors, and
finally, most of the of the times they do not pay attention to the case at hand. In every Court case, there is always evidence presented to prove each side, but not all the jurors take the evidence into consideration. for example, in the Casey Anthony trial the jurors did not fully consider the evidence provided to prove Casey guilty. They just used common sense to give their verdict, which was very shocking to everyone. If this is how it works, then I think it is not a good idea. Secondly, some jurors allow their personal feelings and emotions to affect their verdict. Some even give their verdict based on unreasonable things. For instance, in document E of our assignment, the jurors gave their verdict based on the looks of the defendant, which is very wrong. Anyone can look guilty, but evidence is what proves them to be truly guilty. If a jury was, for instance, a victim of rape, that jury would obviously allow his or her anger to affect the verdict. Finally, most jurors do not pay attention to the court case. Some of them are there for the money, the vacation and other things contrary to their main purpose. If they do not pay attention to the case, how are they supposed to give a reliable verdict. In document E of our assignment, we see the cartoon showing what the different jurors are thinking about during the court case. About half of them were think about other things, some of them saw the case as a waste of time, but very few of them really paid attention to the case. Although people like the idea of a jury system because there is a higher chance of being aquatinted, but there are more odds with the jury system than there are good. I think the jury system should be removed from the judicial system.