Sorry Moose, if you were responding to my last post, maybe you misunderstood. The jury decides if the defendant is guilty or not guilty of the crime(s) s/he is being charged with. The problem comes when the prosecution has to rely on expert testimony or technology to prove their case and the defense counters with their experts and tries to cast doubt by relying upon the juror's lack of understanding. It becomes less a case of the truth and more a case of who's experts are more well spoken or who can convince the jury they know more about a particular area of science.

The other problem I mentioned was that because of TV and movies, juries are wanting to see scientific evidence that does not exist or was not collected because the reality is, the shows are based upon science fiction. We cannot immediately act upon or in some cases even present evidence that takes weeks or months to process. On TV, the plot usually hinges upon instant results and unlikely connections put together just in the nick of time. In reality, cases are solved differently. People on jury duty don't seem to understand that.

Back on topic. As I do watch Law & Order and CSI, it would be cool to have them present a show where they had a juror in a kilt become an issue... of course, I'd like it to turn out where the kilt-wearing juror was a hero of some sort!