Well, I have to admit that a jury trial in the States can often be a real crap-shoot (a simple form of gambling using a pair of dice). You can read about decisions that contradict common sense, where the jury obviously bought some bogus argument that was very well put and handed some clown millions for something he most likely brought upon himself. It can be much better if what you care about is a fair and technically correct decision to have a case tried by a judge or judges alone. In fact, I think our National Transportation Safety Board does things that way in the cases they bring so that this might not be that far from American practice in some ways.