Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 25th Aug 2009 14:45 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
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2005-07-06
They pick twelve jurors from a random jury pool, so it's not quite random. Among other things, the lawyers get to kick out some jurors. If they find that one of the jurors has as much intelligence as moss growing on a stone, either lawyer can object to him.
For the record: I (personally) have confidence in the common decency and sensibility of the average American citizen, even the morons. I say that under the assumption that the companies involved hire good lawyers, who lay out their cases properly.
Nor do I mean to say that Americans are better than common people everywhere. Having associated with common people in a lot of places, I think that they are generally decent and sensible.
Don't prove me wrong, guys...