“[The] purpose of a jury is to . . . make available the common sense judgment of the community as a hedge against the overzealous or mistaken prosecutor and in preference to the professional or perhaps over conditioned or biased response of a judge.”

~ U.S. Supreme Court

Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 530 (1975)

Mike, Norwalk 6/25/12

Just one of the scratches on that surface that is truth.

jim k, Austin, Tx 6/25/12

The defendent and the law are both on trial in every criminal case.