RE: the film we prospective jurors were shown, I neglected to cite the final, very explicit "moral of the story" of the jury instructions given to us: "Your job as jurors is not to interpret the law; your job is only to apply the law (as the judge explains it to you)."
This is NOT the "classical, constitutional understanding" of the role of the juror in our society.
I was rejected once from a jury because I told the judge and both attoneys that I could care less what instuments the judge and both attorneys tried to tamper with mind.. I would make up my own mind as to guilt or innocence...
Actually I embellished my screed until they stopped me.. I was rejected.. Watching them accept mushroom people and reject thinking people really urinated me off.. LoL...