Agreed. For all the craziness of American politics, I generally believe our jury system is the "shining star" of our country's institutions.
I'm not saying it's perfect, but I generally believe that when you get 12 well-intentioned people together, the outcome is much better than when you have politicians giving quips to the cameras. Every single person I know that has served on a jury has said they were very impressed with the thoughtfulness and professionalism of their fellow jurors.
I was on a jury and some of them were reasonable, competent people, but I was shocked by a couple of them at how clueless and careless they were. They basically made a choice at the beginning of the trial and didn't seem to listen to anything after that.
I'm not saying it's perfect, but I generally believe that when you get 12 well-intentioned people together, the outcome is much better than when you have politicians giving quips to the cameras. Every single person I know that has served on a jury has said they were very impressed with the thoughtfulness and professionalism of their fellow jurors.