Look again at why these people no longer have work available to them.
If advancements in technology mean that a machine can do the job more efficiently than a human, then the value of that labour still exists, we just need to legislate a redistribution of it now that human employment is no longer doing it directly.
Once we update our tax codes to ensure that the wealth of automation is shared equitably, the question then becomes "what do you want to do with your free time?"
I guess the difference is that a "jury" would not be worrying about the optics WRT their their election cycle. I would prefer that a panel of impartial experts be involved rather than random citizens though.