Flutterby™! : Quid Est Veritas?

Arnold Kling, a Cato Institute libertarian, has an interesting piece in Tech Central Station on being a jury member in a 2nd degree murder case. I've never been on jury, but his description of the intersection of legal verbiage, juror psychology, and the difficulty of knowing what is really true seems pretty sound. Standing above it all is the widespread desire to be fair and just, which is not always the same thing. As he points out, there are problems with the jury system. However, having flawed humans judged by flawed jurors is probably the best way we have, and maybe the best hope for that defendant.