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Originally Posted by Mike33
Which would you want to determine the verdict in your case? A judge or a jury?
Judge - somebody with experience with law and logic; single person
Jury - your 'peers' (average joe )who will use personal experience, common sense to come up with a verdict; usually 6 or more people I think
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Depends Mike...
If it's a complex case that could roll on for months smells like a preference for the bench to ultimately deliver a verdict. Another factor in that is there is nada wrong with three judges present to hear the case and decide.
If it's a simple issue, Joe Public is fine as long as they can be edited out for bias and total stupidity. (Only been on one jury and hell - if that was representative of the average jury - Gawd help us.)
It may depend on the quality of judges, - on average the judges I've ever dealt with were 100 times superior to dealing with Joe, very quick on picking detail up, clean cut logic and an ability to assess and verbally express in a succinct manner - without the bullshit. Only once did a senior judge criticise one of his junior colleges - and that was warranted.
Having said that - there are a minority of real foul judges
