juries

             Beginning with the drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution, the
             sixth amendment right, right to trial by peers or jury, has been enforced. Throughout
             history, the jury process has been used in various cases, whether a high-profile case or a
             state or local criminal case, juries have been the fundamental factors in considering
             whether or not a defendant is to be freed or sent for punishment. As time has progressed,
             however, the jury process has complicated, and juries have become more and more
             susceptible to coercion and corruption in the courtrooms, thus causing glitches and
             oftentimes costly errors in the United States' courts of law. From jury selection to juror
             lack of knowledge or even motivation, corruption and confusion has been present and has
             caused problems which can be avoidable and treated. Should the United States continue
             to exercise their right to trial by peers, or should they reconsider the proven mishaps and
             errors juries often make and eliminate the jury process altogether?
             As proven in the United States Constitution, a trial by jury is a given and required
             right to Americans encountering the law. As an amendment, Americans should then
             maintain that right as they do with other amendments, and should not necessarily be
             stripped from this right. As easily proven throughout various court cases, juries have
             proven to be successful in punishing the guilty and freeing the innocent, and have
             effectively exercised their right of trial by jury. In this regard, juries should thus be
             allowed to continue in courtrooms and made even more readily available for those who
             Although oftentimes proven accurate and successful, juries are faced with
             corruption and mistakes just as often. Cases where jurors have proven innocent and
             defendants have later plead guilty have occurred numerously,
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