Have you been summoned to a Jury Pool, the group of people from which a jury is selected? I have - numerous times. In almost every case, I was thrown out on "preemptory challenge" as soon as the prosecutor or the plaintiff discovered that I was an electrical engineer. In one case I was immediately thrown out after I responded to a prosecutor's question thusly, "in order to presume innocence, I would have to also presume error on the part of the police - until proven otherwise." You should have seen his beady little eyes narrow as he threw me out!

In one case - only one - I was empaneled on the jury; but only after the judge specifically disallowed several such preemptory challenges; saying that the jury must come from all walks of life and not exclude certain professions. He then explained that the side with the burden of proof typically wants to exclude doctors, engineers, scientists and other professionals trained in logic, because they are hard to persuade, typically having very high standards of proof; but that he would not tolerate such a skewing of the jury.

However, in most preemptory challenges I have witnessed (at least a hundred), such prejudicial exclusions were allowed and no specific reasons for them were ever given. Though often you had to be dense to not notice the real reason.

Not that I ever wanted to be on a jury, but those experiences have left me a bit jaded. I strongly suspect that since only one judge in a dozen seems concerned that each jury represent the broadest possible segment of society; juries are typically skewed - badly - not representative of the public at all. Indeed, juries are deliberately skewed to the lowest common denominator; dumbed down; easily manipulated; given to emotional persuasion; and unable or unwilling to see past the sophistry of cagey lawyers and rogue prosecutors (which are legion thanks to political patronage).

In other words, as is obvious in case after case after case, of inexplicable rulings by judges and juries, the justice system in America is thoroughly corrupt; and will remain so as long as a corrupt political structure holds power; which in turn will continue until partisan political structures have finally been put aside by the people.

In other words, until WE stop voting for or against this or that political party, and start supporting independent and diverse thinking on the part of our leaders. Unfortunately, WE still respond instead to ad hominem attack, calumny, demonizing, and vilification of every non-politically correct thought that ever gets expressed. So much for free and honest debate! - but I digress......