It’s not crazy really, there are good arguments to be made for it. We had it too in Germany until 1924: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschworenengericht

These lay judges are the remnants of the jury system, they are basically a mini jury.

lol, do you really think that’s what holds Russia back?

They could just stop the US using European airspace and stop that nonsense right away, but I guess the Europeans don’t really mean it…