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Taira_Mai t1_j2c4c7x wrote

Reply to comment by LochFarquar in ELI5: Why aren't there more hung juries? by appa-ate-momo

>Part of that is also that prosecutors are pretty good at identifying and excluding potential jurors who are likely to hold out for ideological reasons.

Defense attorneys as well - those who argue a lot of cases know how to spot the person who could be a thorn in their side.

As the old law school joke goes "If you have the law on your side, hammer the judge, if the facts are on your side, hammer the jury, if you have neither, hammer on the table!"

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LochFarquar t1_j2dz56o wrote

Yeah, no argument on that, although I think there are more "law and order" types than criminal justice skeptics in a typical jury pool.

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