what is disadvantages of having a trial by jury?

Answer 1

It often boils down to who has the most knowledgeable and convincing representative - the prosecution or the defense lawyer.

A really good defense lawyer can really muddle the facts to give the jury plenty of reasonable doubt.

On the other hand, a really good prosecutor can make insignificant details add up to the proverbial smoking gun.

And then there's all the prejudices and extra baggage the jurors themselves bring to the table even before the opening statements are made.

Answer 2

Well jurys are full of local people who do not know the law. My wife had a jury trial in a civil case and they decided that if you rear end someone then you aren't at fault. That is an unheard of legal precedence. On the other hand, a jury could decide for you on the same flawed logic. For the most part in criminal proceedings jury trials are very dangerous but you don't lose your right to appeal.

Answer 3

Ah! Folks in a certain Asian country told me they didn't have trial by jury because you can't bribe the jury to ensure your desired outcome!

Jury duty and child rearing have become very similar in the US in the 21st century. They are both hugely important duties that are now largely done by the people who can't figure out a way to get out of that sacred duty.

Huge swaths of the professional classes are routinely exempt from jury duty in some jurisdictions. The people on juries are often highly annoyed that they got stuck with it, and are in a hurry to reach consensus so that they can get on with their regularly scheduled lives. If the jury is sequestered, that's an additional expense.

Answer 4

The disadvantages are that if you have a legal technicality that would allow you to win your case, a jury will not likely be sophisticated enough to make a determination based on this. A judge will dismiss a case based on a technicality because he is specifically trained to recognize the letter of the law without regard to the totality of guilt.

Answer 5

Disadvantage

1. If you are found guilty you will get a harsher penalty then if you were to have plead guilty.

2. You have to hirer a lawyer unless one is provided for you.

3. You are letting 12 people decide your if your guilty or not these people will bring thier own prejudiece into court.

4. If it's come back a hung jury then you will have to repeat court.

5. If it's a miss trial again you will have to repeat court.

Answer 6

The jury isn't obliged to be responsive to the regulation. What they're there to do is to make certain if human beings are telling the fact and to function some person-friendly experience and community enter to the complaints. It ain't great, even even though it works greater appropriate than the rest we've ever tried.

Answer 7

Jury's are subject to bias
Higher administrative costs

Answer 8

Too many people with too many opinions. This can be better than having it decided by a judge which would be only one opinion and is familiar with applying the law to the charges. Good Luck.