Criminal Case Jurors Should be Professionals

Several years ago I had the privilege of serving as a juror on several murder trials. In juror deliberations in one case, one of the ladys on the jury insisted that the defendant be found guilty. When asked why she took that position, she insisted that rather than basing her vote on any evidence, her vote was simply "womans intuition".

On another case, one juror who was holding up the jury decision was willing to change his vote simply because he was in a hurry to get home.

Can you imagine being a defendant in a case made up of jurors like these?

That experience in how our jury system works left me with an impression that criminal case juries should be made of professional jurors.