Fairness is always relative, but relative fairness is fair to the general public!
The jury system is not only exclusive to the United States and other Western countries, China has also learned from the Western jury system, and during the trial process, jurors are responsible for the trial of civil and commercial criminal cases, which shows that the jury system is still reasonable. existence.
"Runaway Jury" is a movie that is derived from real life and is higher than life. As for this movie, it shows the contradictions and conflicts of the movie through multiple extremes. It can be seen from the process of randomly selecting a jury in the film that the original intention of the jury is to decide whether to prosecute or constitute a crime based on the common cognition of ordinary people. The jurors and alternate jurors will be screened and eliminated to obtain a formal jury produced by American-style democratic selection. This screening method is the product of the United States' separation of powers election system, which is fair in theory. However, just as the author's first sentence at the beginning of this article "justice is always relative", the selected jury will inevitably lead to the orientation of different values due to its own family background, academic experience, and even differences in gender and race. , then it will inevitably affect the direction and thinking of the trial, but after all, the jury is the output of the product of fair screening. It is actually not the most perfect and fair system, but it is difficult to find another one. A better system than the jury system.
The value orientation of the jurors actually reflects the legal awareness and moral ethics instilled in the public by this country and system. If this group of jurors conduct trials with universal legal awareness and moral ethics, they will decide whether to prosecute or not. The conclusion is in line with the public's legal consciousness and moral standards, which is a relatively fair and just result.
Of course, as far as the plot of the jury manipulation reflected in this film is concerned, even in developed countries such as Europe and the United States, when the exercise of rights is restricted by the separation of powers system, they will still be manipulated due to human factors, which will affect the fairness and impartiality of the judiciary. produce collapse. It shows that no system can absolutely eliminate the existence of injustice, and fair value is only relative. Moreover, the birth of any law is born in response to a certain interest, and it only protects the interests of certain groups and some groups. From this point of view, it is obviously a matter of course for the jury to be manipulated. After all, the composition of a country If groups do not have the right to manipulate the formulation of laws, they will inevitably interfere and influence the rights in the process of law enforcement.
Therefore, justice in the sense of legal image is only for specific groups, but for human beings, they are always making laws that belong to their own value orientation for their own interests.
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