What The Law Really Thinks About Juries
Common law throughout the United States includes the concept that when a court has jurisdiction, it is within that court's authority to prevent multiple lawsuits between the same parties arising out the same mishap because there might be inconsistent jury verdicts on the same facts. The legal system has to at least present that it dispenses justice or it will not be obeyed by the good citizen.
Injustice spawns disrespect. So, in order to avoid what would surrender any ground to the noble notion of being able to dispense justice, the legal system insists it must not allow inconsistent results when the results should, if justice prevails, be the same. Accordingly, it is easy to see that our legal system reveres the jury system up to the point of not letting different juries decide the same facts. To allow that would be too risky. And, there you have it.
