Quote Originally Posted by bmolsson
So you do believe in the democratic process. Then you also believe that the laws written in the democratic process is good and should be enforced. And that is best done by a judge, educated in the laws to be enforced.
A jury finds the if they are or are not guilty.

A judge then decides the sentence or they can even suspend it. He writes up the account of the whys of the sentence at that point based on the evidence given and other factors. The jury is a judicial safeguard.

A judge is not democratically elected. Nor are they easy to get rid of. The problem is the level of professionalism can be found lacking in some of them. Falling asleep at trials being one of the more obvious problems.