Zimmerman was
judged by a jury of his peers and found innocent.
The rights and positions of people with learning disabilities are not
judged by juries of their peers but by systems where power is held by «lords» — commissioners, social workers, service providers, psychiatrists, judges and politicians.
That premise that when
judged by a jury of our peers if there is reasonable doubt, one can not convict?
As your will read later below, scientific consensus is just as important as being
judged by a jury of your peers in a court of law.
«We believe that Cryptsy users that did not sign the contract with Coinbase were entitled to their day in court and be
judged by a jury of their peers,» he said.»
Not exact matches
Instead
of a
jury of your
peers or an impartial
judge, the decisionmaker in arbitration proceedings is often an individual hired
by the company.
Dominic Willmott, researcher at Huddersfield University and Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Leeds Trinity University, said: «As has been the case for centuries, defendants have the right to be
judged by a panel
of their
peers, making the concept
of juries the heart
of our justice system.
Hopefully no one will ever have to deal with the stresses
of going to court and having their future hanging in the balance
by a
judge and a
jury of their
peers.
After all, our modern system
of justice where parties resolve their disputes before an impartial third party (the
judge) and / or a
jury of their
peers was intended to replace trial
by combat - in which parties settled their differences
by fighting it out (usually to the death).
And the
jury gave the usual verdict... [9]... While
jury trials in civil cases seem to exist in Ontario solely to keep damages awards low in the interest
of insurance companies, rather than to facilitate injured parties being
judged by their
peers, the fact is that the
jury system is still the law
of the land....
Look at the first sentence in para. 9
of the reasons: «While
jury trials in civil cases seem to exist in Ontario solely to keep damages awards low in the interest
of insurance companies, rather than to facilitate injured parties being
judged by their
peers, the fact is that the
jury system is still the law
of the land.»