mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> > Ernest Schaal wrote:
>
> >> I fear that you put too much faith in technology, and are blind to the fact
> >> that technology is less than 100% correct
>
> > Oh, and 12 amateurs and what they decide to agree on, is more often correct than
> > what the best technology could offer us, if there were not obstacles in the way?
>
> You are seriously confused here, aren't you?

No.

> It is NOT "12 amateurs".

Who decides the verdict in a jury trial, then?

> There is an entire professional team of investigators and lawyers
> involved before it ever gets to trial. The trial is to test whether 12
> ostensibly impartial people can be convinced, by the evidence presented.

Recall there are two sides, each with their own story to tell, perhaps with equal
ability to persuade.

No, it comes down to what the jury decides.

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