think the court system should have to reimburse each juror based on loss time at work and pay the juror the exact amount of loss. Charge it the the defendant if they are convicted. Charge it to the courts if they are not. Just Saying.. Please think about the phrase "you have professional juries who can be bought". That makes as much sense as saying "professional cops can be bought" or "professional judges or lawyers" can be bought. First of all, ANYONE can be "bought", independent of their profession. And if anything can be said in favor of professional jurors (and there ARE many things) it is that just like a cop, a lawyer, or a judge, any "professional" juror caught taking a bribe would find themselves at the END OF THEIR CAREER. That sounds like plenty of incentive to keep it on the "straight and narrow" for someone looking forward to a lifelong career as a professional juror. I'm ALL FOR THEM. We would wind up with fantastic jurors who ALL LOVED their work and took their jobs seriously, constantly improving their craft in a competitive, free market. And in such a marketplace, it's hard for me to imagine there would have ever been a circus like you-know-what. The justice system is a game, and getting out of jury duty (in Australia anyway) is a sport. The whole system is broken. Judges get lifetime appointments and are not investigated or accountable for stupid decisions. Sentences are out of touch