Jury trials don't exist in Germany (but they kinda do)

In Germany, you don't have a right to trial by jury, which sounds terrible. But in fact, Germany is not unusual in that, but there are still the remains of a short-lived jury system that survives to this day. Chapters: 00:00 No German juries 01:00 The French connection 02:26 Not quite perfect 04:48 Reforms 06:17 Lay judges 07:41 That one time there was a jury Music: "Hot Swing" by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/ Creative Commons Attribution licence --------- Become a channel member for bonus content: https://www.youtube.com/@rewboss/join Send letters and postcards to: Rewboss Postfach 10 06 29 63704 Aschaffenburg Germany Please don't send parcels or packages, or anything that has to be signed for.