I put three. I think most people have pretty decent judgement when called upon to use it. Most of us make snap judgements and have bugbears that sway us ordinarily. But, most people I think would take such a duty very seriously and exercise a very careful judgement in that situation.


[eta] if you don't agree with capital punishment and the trial is of a capital nature, would that be sufficient to preclude you from sitting on the jury?

lol! Dana, refer to my post 13.

Maybe we are too suitable to judge during a trial?

I don't think it's ever automatic, but you can bet the prosecutor will be rejecting you (each side can exercise a certain number of rejections during jury selection, I don't know if it works the same over there.)

I would vote for a stoneing. I have thought of a hundred ways to get into or out of jury duty. Never been called.

When tested I generally score in the 95th to 98th percentile. Whatever. But when I have attended public meetings I am always astounded at how most people present are so "mercifully free from the ravages of intelligence."

So, yeah, 11. That's a guess because I know how to get out of jury duty.

Yeah.....thing is, though, intelligence and judgement aren't necessarily the same thing 3foot.

It's awfully hard to have *good* judgment w/o intelligence enough to understand what is being said.

And on a jury I'd hope for good judgment at a minimum.

"the minority"

Thats why we do it that way, right?

When I served on a jury most of the people seemed to have good judgement. In fact, I'd say all of them did, and as has been suggested, I think they all took the job very seriously and were quite adult and polite during deliberations. To me it was fairly clear that there wasn't enough evidence to convict the defendants although I think they probably ended up being lucky that the star witness for the prosecution had a few roos loose in the top paddock. Her testimony was worthless and didn't help prove the men guilty at all. Too much reasonable doubt and that was what led to a not guilty verdict on all counts for them both. Something shifty went down along with a massive dose of idiocy during the events of the alledged crime.

I like that one!

A person is smart. People are dumb.