Originally Posted by
KraneXL
I glean from that his point was that the law is open to interpretation? But the judge is no fool. The juries however, are a troop of monkeys, which can be swayed either way depending on the amount of Jedi mind tricks you know. "A jury of your peers" is the most frightening phrase in American English.
Juries decide questions of fact, such as whether the defendant was riding a bike on a public road. Judges decide questions of law, such as whether a fixed cog is a brake within the meaning of the statute.