4. How do jury trials limit the power of the government and protect individual rights?

Jury trial in modern society is seen as a guarantee of human rights, contributing to the development of fundamental principles of justice, such as competition, independence of judges, objectivity, collegiality, the presumption of innocence. It limits the arbitrariness of the administration of power, acting as one of the first guarantees of justice.

The jury is one of the most democratic institutions of the judicial system, embodying the principle of direct participation of the people in the administration of justice. The "fundamental" significance of the jury is one of the traditional tenets of American legal ideology.

The institution of jurors is enshrined in the US Constitution and in state constitutions as one of the guarantees of due process. Thus, if the accused did not recognize himself guilty to the crime, did not ask the judge to examine his case alone, or if the court, in accordance with the law or the circumstances of the case, should not accept his plea, the trial should be carried out with the participation of fellow citizens of the accused, so they could impartially resolve the issue of his guilt or innocence.