Informal Mass Jurying via eGov (Real Law & Order)
Informal Mass Jurying via eGov (Real Law & Order) - Jake - 07-01-2023
The internet has one possibility that I think that our nation’s founders would have expected to be implemented at its advent, and that is the idea of mass jurying.
Mass jurying would be a key player in the modernization process of the government with respect to the internet. I would like to see people watch less and less TV and expend precious time on watching entertaining videos which are only that, and move more towards combining their intruge and entertainment with things that also are conducive towards progress, which would be perfect for browsing a massive eGov database full of trials, cases, evidence and testimony, as well as people’s profiles and pages where comments can be posted and perhaps interactions occur in some respects (of course governed by law).
Even better would be if those trials were broadcasted live, or somewhat live, with maybe a 10min delay for editing’s purposes, just in case (you never know). After all, government goings on are public in nature, and records of any trials or what have you can be procured by any member of the public via an FOIA request. Other ideas on here such as a national CCTV system would go hand and hand with such a process and make the court systems a very robust and detailed online mega-base, especially when we factor in the other ideas on here like specialty judges, power delegation and official hybridization…our govt will truly become interesting enough for people to take a major role in it.
People could get lost in endless trials, recordings, live feeds, etc, etc, etc…out the wazoo!! The informal mass jury idea is a good one to augment the trial system, and a must in a digital era, because corruption is eaiser to get away with in a big, anonymous world. By bringing the eye of the entire general public over all of its goings-on, officials will feel more scrutinized, in the same way that jails designed with mirrored guard windows make the inmates feel watched more, and so are safer.
With a mass jury field available for people to put their opinion in, there would be more likelihoods of cases being judged fairly, with more pressure behind judges and juries to rule fairly, and less options for them to be bribed well, and even options for such mass opinions to be input, so if a judge or the official jury misses something that a browsing user notices, they can inform the court of their observation, which might be critical in some cases towards solving crime or making a case. 



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