What would you change about the jury selection process?

Nothing. On the one hand, our jury system is terrible; on the other hand, our jury system is wonderful.

The jury system is terrible because it delegates the most important decisions in the justice system to the people least knowledgeable of the justice system and the law.

The jury system is wonderful because it demonstrates that, under our Constitution, so much power is delegated to the average citizen. Jury service is a duty and a privilege.

Source: Professor Byron L. Warnken, University of Baltimore School of Law and principal in Warnken, LLC, in Towson, Maryland; byron.warnken[at 

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