British journalist Sir Simon Jenkins recently wrote an opinion piece for the Guardian in which he proposes getting rid of the jury system entirely, or at least, “drastically curtail[ing]” it. Jenkins argues, “the cost and delay of jury trials are enormous” and “there is no conclusive evidence they are more ‘just’ than systems based on judges in the rest of Europe.” Jenkins has good reason …

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