I was stupid enough to answer a mailed call to jury duty, ended up on a capital murder case, never again....unless the summons is certified mail I just chuck it in the trash.

Why do you guys even have jurys? Is there one at the doctors to give their opinion about that rash as well?

That depends - do you count a Facebook group for moms that sell essential oils?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

The original why-
The general power of juries to decide on verdicts was recognised in the English Magna Carta[22] of 1215, which put into words existing practices:

No free man shall be captured, and or imprisoned, or disseised of his freehold, and or of his liberties, or of his free customs, or be outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we proceed against him by force or proceed against him by arms, but by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.

For a trivial offence, a free man shall be fined only in proportion to the degree of his offence, and for a serious offence correspondingly, but not so heavily as to deprive him of his livelihood. In the same way, a merchant shall be spared his merchandise, and a husbandman the implements of his husbandry, if they fall upon the mercy of a royal court. None of these fines shall be imposed except by the assessment on oath of reputable men of the neighbourhood.


Why it is still important - Jury nullification (US) or a perverse verdict (UK)[1][2] generally occurs when members of a criminal trial jury believe that a defendant is guilty, but choose to acquit him anyway because the jurors also believe that the law itself is unjust,[3][4] that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant's case,[5] or that the potential punishment for breaking the law is too harsh.

On the other side, if you want examples of judges being super evil, terrible people, that's pretty easy to find as well.

That'll scare him straight.