Actually, I'd probably go for a bench trial, especially if I were innocent. Some evidence shows judges are more likely to acquit (
The Volokh Conspiracy - Judge vs. Jury Acquittals, More Results), and I do think Fotzlid has it right when he calls us "a generation of people so self absorbed that they can't even drive to the corner store without yakking on the phone or sending Facebook updates via their blackberries."
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dksuddeth: It's true that Google is what you make of it, but judges are the law experts that are there to make sure the process is fair, while juries are the 12 independent voices that the prosecution needs to convince
within the rules of law. If jurors are able to take matters into their own hands, why bother having judges in the first place? Let's just make the jury foreman the acting judge. (/sarcasm)