

They don’t actually tell you why.
I presume it’s because people in stem are more likely to have strong opinions about statistics, validity of tests or science, that sort of thing. Or, they’ll sound more competent when discussing with other jurors.
I also think both sides wanted to appeal to emotions, and have their expert witnesses be the technical authorities.





“Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6”
I mean FFS, at this point ICE might kill you just for fun.