Right now, we're jumping into a fish tank with-out knowing whether there are sharks or guppies in it. Research that has been done has found that more and more jurors surveyed are agreeing with statements like, 'Insurance companies are fair,' and, 'If you are in court, you are looking for more than you are entitled to. Injecting partisan lawyers into the jury selection process, would only result in juries that were more biased, not less, Southard said. It runs the risk of one side or another knocking the playing field off kilter. Among the fiercest opponents of closer scrutiny of jurors are the state's judges, who fear it would bog down the system.
Judges view themselves as the most impartial party in the courtroom.
The only people that want a fair and impartial jury these days are the judges and the public. Trail lawyers, want their side, not justice, to prevail, Barton said. They want to be sure they get, not an unbiased jury, but a biased one, biased in their favor. In a Justice 1999 Department study of civil verdict rates and awards in 45 large counties in the nation, Massachusetts counties had some of the lowest rates of plaintiff victories and damage amounts.