[Eric]

I can't see anything wrong with the jury system ... if there are any obvious miscarriages of justice or over-lenient sentences, it is usually the fault of the professionals in the case: the Crown, the defence, or the trial judge. And then there is the appeal process to back up the lower courts should they fail to conform to the law, or just generally make a fubar of the whole issue. Jurors, and this is why the jury selection process is important, can't just decide on a whim that someone is guilty or not; they have to consider the evidence and the trial judge's charge.