Btw, GGT, re. your question about juries. I dunno 'bout Dutchieland, but in Swedish courts you usually have a panel of judges consisting of expert and non-expert members. It's our version of a jury, only the members are appointed (afaik) by elected officials at the municipal and county levels. I think many civil law countries have a similar setup.

I was surprised to learn that Swedish trials occasionally do feature juries, but only in matters of freedom of press.