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As for your last sentence I agree. I just find it odd that people can simultaneously believe that most people are fuzzy thinkers, yet also think that the important decision of guilt or innocence should be left to them.
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Who's going to make the decision of guilt or innocence then? Until a better solution is provided, jury is the best available.
The beauty of the jury is it only requires one critical thinker saying "hey, there's not enough evidence here" to stop a conviction. Democracy has the exact same flaws you're talking about only it's a lot worse because you need a mere 51% to screw people over rather than 100%. Of course, the system does its damnedest to keep critical thinkers off juries, but that's another matter.
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