Lay Judge from various perspectives ――experienced men's point of view

   Hello, I work as doctor, I was selected as lay judge last year. At first, I didn't want to be lay judge because people who become lay judge have to have responsible, however, I became to think that lay judge is very unusual experience, so I decided to be lay judge.
   First, I couldn't concentrate on trial.The reason is that  I've never experienced such a nervous situation. Moreover, I don't know what to do. But before trial starts, judges gave us documents about the accident which is dealed with this trial. I think it is good for lay judges to give documents.
   We could have opportunity to ask defendant, this opportunity is difficult for us because when we ask defendant, we need to have big courage. I wanted to ask him some question but I couldn't do it.
   During discusstion between lay judges and judges, judges maintained law profile and gave us opportunity to speak positively.
   After the trial, I chenged my mind. I had doubt and concious about lay judge system and whether I can decide penalty. But I became to think that we  can have opportunity to perticipate in trial and must have to know true trial by taking part in it.
  By experiencing lay judge system, I can get various point of view. This experience was very shocking for me. If you are chosen to lay judge, you can get a lot of experience from trial.
  Thank you.