Professional jurors would seem to violate the principal of "jury of peers". Some people on trial are crackpots. Prospective jurors who would rather not fulfill their civic duty seem to find a way out.
A bigger issue than crackpots on a jury is the general lack of interest in serving on a jury: it takes time out of your life, often for little/no pay depending on the length of the case ($15/day after the first day for California). Many people hope to not be selected, and may provide answers during questioning to avoid selection. Once selected, many can't wait for the case to end: this may lead to lack of interest in the details of the case, and bad decisions being made by a jury in the interest of ending their service.
One possible change to jury duty is to have a pool of professional jurors that are assigned to random cases, or at least some types of cases. Jury selection would be drastically reduced or removed entirely; the jurors would be knowledgeable on their instructions for deliberations; and would likely lead to decisions being made less on an emotional basis and mostly/solely on the facts of the case at hand.
What is not conservative about DeSantis? He's certainly more conservative than Trump. If a tinge of populism is disqualifying, democrats will win every time. Do you want no opposition and only compromise? Democrats will always toe the line when it's time to vote. Maybe Sinema and Manchin are part-time exceptions but there would never be a compromise of any consequence if two more republicans were defeated.
Professional jurors would seem to violate the principal of "jury of peers". Some people on trial are crackpots. Prospective jurors who would rather not fulfill their civic duty seem to find a way out.
A bigger issue than crackpots on a jury is the general lack of interest in serving on a jury: it takes time out of your life, often for little/no pay depending on the length of the case ($15/day after the first day for California). Many people hope to not be selected, and may provide answers during questioning to avoid selection. Once selected, many can't wait for the case to end: this may lead to lack of interest in the details of the case, and bad decisions being made by a jury in the interest of ending their service.
One possible change to jury duty is to have a pool of professional jurors that are assigned to random cases, or at least some types of cases. Jury selection would be drastically reduced or removed entirely; the jurors would be knowledgeable on their instructions for deliberations; and would likely lead to decisions being made less on an emotional basis and mostly/solely on the facts of the case at hand.
What is not conservative about DeSantis? He's certainly more conservative than Trump. If a tinge of populism is disqualifying, democrats will win every time. Do you want no opposition and only compromise? Democrats will always toe the line when it's time to vote. Maybe Sinema and Manchin are part-time exceptions but there would never be a compromise of any consequence if two more republicans were defeated.