Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law.
许多美国人将陪审团制度视为关键民主价值观的具体体现，包括以下原则：所有符合年龄和读写能力最低要求的公民在担任陪审员方面都是同样胜任的；陪审员应从社区中具有代表性的各个群体中随机选出；不应因种族、宗教、性别或民族出身而剥夺任何公民担任陪审员的权利；被告有权接受同辈的审判；以及陪审团的裁决应体现社区的良知，而不仅仅是法律条文。
But as recently as in 1968, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals.
但早在1968年，陪审团的挑选程序就与这些民主理念相冲突。
In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.
1968年，美国国会通过了《陪审团选拔和服务法》，开启了陪审团民主改革的新时代。
At a time when Thomas Piketty and other economists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.
在托马斯·皮凯蒂和其他经济学家警告收入不平等加剧以及继承财富力量日益增强的时刻，富有的贵族家庭仍然是现代民主国家象征性核心的事实显得非常奇怪。
If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society - that all are equal in treatment by government - is undermined.
如果关系可以被购买，那么民主社会的基本前提——政府在对待所有人时应平等——就会被削弱。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。