Dbq Jury System Essay

The jury system has been around for hundreds of years. It first came to be at the year 1733 an case in colonial New York that involved John Peter Zenger who worked for a newspaper company. John was tried for speaking against the government and making people stand by his side for he said that his criticisms were true. For the government to avoid this he created what we call today a jury system to help the judge figure if he was guilty or innocent. Most of the time the jury is wrong because most cases they don't have enough evidence to put the defendant in prison so most of the time the jury will say he or she is innocent.

In (Doc B) it states that most of the jury system will have people who know the defendant. Moat of the time this will lead to the defendant to be innocent because the jury system has what they call the “sacred cow” which means that if someone you know is the jury for your trial you'll be saved from being guilty. It also states that being in a jury system it could be long and stressful. Most of the trials can last for days even for weeks depending on the case that is being held. It also states that if you know somebody in the jury that has lots of respect for you they will help you in anyway they can and prevent you from being considered guilty. Only professionals should be allowed to be in jury duty because they are more educated and can figure out more things to the case.

In (Doc D) it states that a florida case is happening because of a murder that had happened.

It says that a mother killed her daughter. The jury states that they have all the evidence they needed but is still not enough to prove that the mother is guilty with murder. The defendant's lawyer says that she didn't kill her daughter because the daughter was far from the incident and that the mothers driving was pretty bad. The jury found her innocent but at the same time the mother was counted for lying to

detectives.

In (Doc F) it states that when you are called for jury duty they have to ask you certain questions. In this document it says that a good citizen was killed in cold blood and every man heard about this case as soon as it went on paper. Men were selected and many were accepted for this case. They wanted to know if they knew anything about this case and some said yes and were sent home and the ones that said no were ask to stay. The men that were able to read and write went to the courthouse and were not accepted. The courthouse wants people who had no clue about this homicide to make this case a easy case.

I believe that a jury system is not required because most of the time they are wrong. Most of the time they cant piece the evident together and that's why the cases take days or even weeks. Most of the jury members might know the defendant and say that hoe she is innocent and let him or her off the hook. Most of the time the jury doesnt know whats going on so that will lead to confusion. I believe the judge should decide whether your innocent or guilty because the just is the powerful one in that room so let him to his job and let him convict the defendant.