Thank you Cyclefree. It's writing like this that makes the site worth reading. All the best to you. (View Post)

There's not much point hanging around here if that's the level of debate. Cheerio. (View Post)

It clearly isn't a necessity, given that we don't use it for all cases, and plenty of stable and fair democracies use it less than we do. What is a grave injustice for both victims and defendants is … (View Post)

Whether trial by jury leads to more or fewer miscarriages of justice is a matter of opinion (until someone provides some evidence), but the current long waits for justice of any kind really do shame … (View Post)

Of course, there's no evolutionary benefit if those offspring don't survive because there's no man around to help provide for them! Focussing on ensuring that a few kids make it to maturity may be a … (View Post)