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Originally Posted by JimL
...DNA testing has its faults, but it has proven beyond any doubt that a "jury of peers" is a really pathetic way to determine guilt.
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The jury system may not be perfect. Nothing done by humans is. But that's still a far cry from "pathetic." It's certainly a lot better than trial-by-ordeal or trial-by-combat.
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Originally Posted by JimL
And how many hundreds or thousands of people have been banged into prison when innocent....
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Beats me. Do you know and do you have any solid evidence supporting your numbers? And how does the number of innocent people convicted related to the number of guilty people convicted?
Yes, innocent people are convicted, and that's shameful. each innocent person convicted is a blot on the system. BUT, without some solid data on how many innocent people are convicted compared with the total number of convictions (10%, 1%, 0.00001%, etc.), there's no basis upon which to characterize the system as pathetic.