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CMV: Considering the majority of society aren’t adequately educated on the criminal justice system, jury trials are an ineffective way of delivering justice.

For example, if somebody is facing the death penalty or a life sentence, it is unfair to have someone’s life hanging in the balance of legally uneducated people. Surely legally trained professionals are far more capable of deciding whether somebody is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Letting someone’s life be shaped by a group of people who most likely have no education on legal matters puts defendants at a disadvantage. Most people use their judgements on gut instincts or prejudices instead of following the way the law works.
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The job of a juror really doesn't require much legal knowledge. You really only need an in-depth understanding of the law in order to know what to charge a person with or how to make a case for or against them, which is why lawyers are responsible for those parts. A juror's job is not to interpret the law at all but only to look at the evidence and arguments before them and judge guilt or innocence. The judge will inform them the crimes the person is charged with and what each one entails, and that is really the only legal knowledge they need. One doesn't have to go through law school in order to determine whether someone broke the law or not.

>Most people use their judgements on gut instincts or prejudices instead of following the way the law works.

That's why we have a jury of 12 people and require them to agree unanimously, because it's highly unlikely all 12 people are going to have the same exact prejudices or instincts. They debate the evidence among themselves, which helps to moderate any one person's opinion and come to the most logical final conclusion.