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BBKing · 23-03-2005, 16:26

The fraud trial wasn't really the lawyer's fault, the case was always going to be (as is often the case) to be too complicated for a jury to understand. In fact it's too complicated for anyone other than an expert in the financing of large projects to understand, and they were the people in the dock, which rather precludes them from being on the jury. I'm slightly reticent to get rid of juries in any case, being the thin end of a rather dangerous wedge, but perhaps a panel of a judge and two lay experts, as is used in some court cases, would be a better way for these extremely complex trials.

It's far easier to get away with nicking ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£100,00 0,000 than a sack of tenners from the off-licence.

23-03-2005, 16:26	#4
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: Massive Financial Scandals The fraud trial wasn't really the lawyer's fault, the case was always going to be (as is often the case) to be too complicated for a jury to understand. In fact it's too complicated for anyone other than an expert in the financing of large projects to understand, and they were the people in the dock, which rather precludes them from being on the jury. I'm slightly reticent to get rid of juries in any case, being the thin end of a rather dangerous wedge, but perhaps a panel of a judge and two lay experts, as is used in some court cases, would be a better way for these extremely complex trials. It's far easier to get away with nicking ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£100,00 0,000 than a sack of tenners from the off-licence.