One particular trial of which I was a juror was quite amusing when I answered a rather ambiguous question by the prosecutor during jury selection. I responded the only way the question could be answered truthfully - with an ambiguous answer. The prosecutor proceeded to argue with me. The judge called us both before the bench and told the…
One particular trial of which I was a juror was quite amusing when I answered a rather ambiguous question by the prosecutor during jury selection. I responded the only way the question could be answered truthfully - with an ambiguous answer. The prosecutor proceeded to argue with me. The judge called us both before the bench and told the prosecutor "don't argue with the jurors". The amusing part was that I was selected to serve. When my name was called the prosecutors immediately grabbed their list of jurors to see what happened. It was obvious they meant to strike me. Anyway, I was glad to be on the jury as we found the defendant Not Guilty. It was absurd that the defendant was charged. This and a personal incident has made me quite jaundiced toward the justice system. There really are some bad actors in amongst them.
A lot of what the left branded as "racism" in criminal justice was in fact just the sorry defectiveness of the jury trial approach. Why else would the West Memphis Three be the most notorious miscarriage in contemporary times.
12 Angry Men is just a rote demonstration of the absurdity of the system dressed up in White Savior sentimentality. Like I think there would be a lot more common consciousness of how horrible and Soviet our courts are without the race problem distracting from the obvious.
One particular trial of which I was a juror was quite amusing when I answered a rather ambiguous question by the prosecutor during jury selection. I responded the only way the question could be answered truthfully - with an ambiguous answer. The prosecutor proceeded to argue with me. The judge called us both before the bench and told the prosecutor "don't argue with the jurors". The amusing part was that I was selected to serve. When my name was called the prosecutors immediately grabbed their list of jurors to see what happened. It was obvious they meant to strike me. Anyway, I was glad to be on the jury as we found the defendant Not Guilty. It was absurd that the defendant was charged. This and a personal incident has made me quite jaundiced toward the justice system. There really are some bad actors in amongst them.
A lot of what the left branded as "racism" in criminal justice was in fact just the sorry defectiveness of the jury trial approach. Why else would the West Memphis Three be the most notorious miscarriage in contemporary times.
12 Angry Men is just a rote demonstration of the absurdity of the system dressed up in White Savior sentimentality. Like I think there would be a lot more common consciousness of how horrible and Soviet our courts are without the race problem distracting from the obvious.