You can't be spammed with jury duty in the US. And honestly, being able to actually decide for my fellow man every once in a while against BS claims sounds more impactful than "well, this person was on camera doing the crime. Open and shut".
But alas, the "will of the people" isn't used for civil suits. Wonder why (genuinely. Feels backwards for a jury to decide on something more technical like a criminal trial but not to have an opinion on civilities, which is more subjective).
Civil suits _do_ have jury trials. They’re even conducted with a lower standard of burden of proof, which is good or bad depending on if you’re potentially getting ramrodded or potentially finally past the Big CO’s lawyers.
But alas, the "will of the people" isn't used for civil suits. Wonder why (genuinely. Feels backwards for a jury to decide on something more technical like a criminal trial but not to have an opinion on civilities, which is more subjective).