I appreciate that the intention of this program was to determine whether two independent juries could come up with two different results. However, surely the experiment needed more control procedures to try and reduce (elimination not being possible) the impact of factors that would not be present within the original trial.
What I felt was that the experiment showed how two groups of differing people could come up with different results based upon interaction that would not be present within the court and trial system.
The fact that the people chose to go on a TV program, rather than the non optional reality of being put on jury duty, also shows that ego and playing to the camera were very present factors. I appreciate that the real pressure of being on jury duty could not be replicated, but the process and procedures could have been better simulated.
For me it was an interesting experiment but value degraded to make it a more watchable program.
What I felt was that the experiment showed how two groups of differing people could come up with different results based upon interaction that would not be present within the court and trial system.
The fact that the people chose to go on a TV program, rather than the non optional reality of being put on jury duty, also shows that ego and playing to the camera were very present factors. I appreciate that the real pressure of being on jury duty could not be replicated, but the process and procedures could have been better simulated.
For me it was an interesting experiment but value degraded to make it a more watchable program.