Are there any groups or organizations for reform of our Jury Selection Process system?
I believe that the jury selection process system is in dire need of reforming by some other method than we use now. For instance, if people are convicted of crimes by a jury, and then it transpires they are innocent, as proven by DNA tests, then that jury was wrong to convict, and it is so vital to know how they were influenced to judge anyone if they are so susceptible to other influences, such as over-zealous police and prosecutorial misconduct. Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, of the Innocent Project, have enabled at least 200 innocent prisoners to walk out free after being wrongly convicted by 200 times 12 jurors, who were terribly wrong to! That's 2400 people who 'Thought' they were right! So, how can we, the people, work to change how jurors are chosen, to ensure fair and impartial verdicts, maybe some intelligence tests for jurors, and other safeguards, some method to balance out the way jurors become equal to such a heavy duty in seeking true justice for all of us.
Answer:
Juries do not rule based on believing they are 100% right. The verdict, if guilty, is come to by unanimous agreement that the prosecution proved guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. It only takes one person to hang a jury.
It's 'trial by jury of one's peers', not 'trial by jury of smarter people'.



