a few ideas to balance the us centric style whilst you have brought in large area of british mainly english and welsh facts neverthe less the opening paragraphs are somewhat us based i have no knowledge whatsoever on anything other than the uk perspective though as this contributes significantly to us law it will at least set some history i am also a little bit concerned at why juries were created in the first place you state that this is because they are believed to be free from bribery historically trial by jury arose because of the difficulties of securing trial by ordeal due to a change in church law by that time juries already sat to decide if there was a primae facie case to answer the modern equivalent being grand juries the history of trial by jury in england and hence the us is related to several important events most notebly the assizes of clarendon the fourth lantern council and the magna carta it may be useful for you to have a look at some of the wikipedia sites listed below in the assize of clarendon enacted in and the first great legislative act in the reign of the english angevin king henry ii the law of the land required that anyone who shall be found on the oath of the aforesaid a jury to be accused or notoriously suspect of having been a robber or murderer or thief or a receiver of them be taken and put to the ordeal of water canons rules on the conduct of the clergy including against such things as non celibate living drunkenness frequenting taverns hunting conducting trials by ordeal or combat though you may be best considering the uk statute site which says no freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or be disseised of his freehold or liberties or free customs or be outlawed or exiled or any other wise destroyed nor will we not pass upon him nor x condemn him but by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land kind regards andy cheetham if you want to establish reasons for the use of a jury then it may be worth considering