Comment by refurb

> It's people who couldn't get out of jury duty.

But that's good no? People who got out never would have taken it seriously.

I sat on a jury trial and was highly impressed with how seriously my fellow jurors took it - especially the presumption of innocence. When they started to go down some incorrect logical path, someone would step up and correct it.

Not to mention the public defender ripped apart the DA's case. It was the exact opposite of what I was expecting.

> Prosecutors have high success rates.

You're forgetting that the prosecutors don't bring cases they think they're going to lose to trial, they either drop the charges or try a plea deal. So you'd entirely expect the success rate to be high.