r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Fluffypocketbtw • 1d ago

Justice system..

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u/sonofaresiii 1d ago

since the CCTV footage had been thrown out as evidence for being too low-quality to say it was him

I know the actual legal proceedings are always more complicated than anonymous redditors make it out to be, but how is that not the jury's responsibility to determine?

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u/smthngclvr 1d ago

Judges have a lot of leeway in blocking evidence that might confuse, mislead, or otherwise bias the jury.

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u/A_fucking_cunt02 21h ago

Isn't that like the whole point of evidence?

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u/Krell356 1d ago

Because for whatever reason, a jury is supposed to use their option of the evidence, but also not be allowed to actually have an opinion. It's a fucked system.

Honestly I would prefer if we had it be people's actual job to work on a jury instead of a bunch of random people who don't really want to be there making these decisions. No system is perfect but it would be better than this crap.

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u/ResolveLeather 1d ago

I feel like that would lead to a whole new set of problems though. Like the jury always assuming the defendant is guilty because that's how the last 10 cases ended up.

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u/Aceswift007 19h ago

That would result in immense bias versus literally random people plucked from the masses