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Judging The Jury

Michael talks with Judge Hiller Zobel - who sits on the Massachusetts Superior Court - about the history of jury trials. Zobel says that even though juries have come under a lot of scrutiny in recent high profile trials, he believes a jury system is still the best available. And that any alternative that would grant more power to judges to decide cases would not be in the best interest of justice.

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