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CMV: The US court system is a horrible, illogical system.

I don't know how anyone can defend the US court system.

1. The jury selection system ensures that a *biased* sample of the US population is chosen, because Americans are filtered out according to what Prosecutors/defenders believe are the "ideal" jurors.

2. The Jury size is always too small to be a statistically valid sample of the US population. The current system ensures the selected pool can be biased enough to meet whatever ends the prosecutor/defender desires. Why don't courts use a huge pool of jurors (say greater than 30) and then forget about jury selection? I think it's a right for all Americans to participate in our Court system, whether or not we are an "ideal jurist". If lawyers keep complaining about how biased jurors are.... why do we even use a jury system then??? I just don't understand how anyone can think a biased selection of 6-13 jurors (yes, only 6 people sometimes!!) can result in justice. 

3. The obvious money imbalance in all Court cases ensures that every defendant and plaintiff will be treated better when they have more money. How the fuck can anyone support a system that lets people with better lawyers win more cases? How can anyone support a system that most obviously supports the rich against the poor? At least, why aren't there limits in place for how much money can be spent at the court house??


4. "The US Court system sucks but is the best we got". I don't know, the Dutch and Germans and Norwegians all have different systems that people seem to be more happy with.


Anyways, I think the US court system is a horrible travesty that is an insult to "Lady Justice" and the scales of balance. Then again, I'm an ignorant layman and not a lawyer and am not too familiar with the justice system anyways.
gpt
You do realize that if both the prosecutor and the defense attorney have a say in jury selection, then the process of that selection isn't biased since both legal sides have the opportunity to choose favorable jurors.