You add an excellent point. Yet, there are many who feel they would get a better deal with a judge as opposed to a jury trial.
As I mentioned, the gun issue has caught my attention. I had thought the gun had been found and a gun was never in question.
Evidently that is wrong.
It is extremely rare that a defendant gets a better shake from a judge than a jury. Depends on the defendant and the judge of course.
Martha Stewart would have been wiser to go with a judge probably. She was convicted in part, IMHO, by a jury that was not sympathetic to her and wanted to convict regardless of the evidence.