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Tashus t1_isboe3w wrote

Reply to comment by addicted_to_placebos in Parkland prosecutors ask for an investigation after a juror says she was threatened by ‘a fellow juror’ during deliberations - CNN by SilentR0b

>I disagree with the idea of trying to skirt such duties personally.

Yeah, I hope I'm never charged with anything, with my fate in the hands of a jury of my peers, or rather the ones that weren't able to get out of it.

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addicted_to_placebos t1_isbqz29 wrote

I don’t really recall anyone specifically trying to get out of the jury I served on, tho the whole process was rather eye-opening.

I don’t particularly like the idea that the quicker they decide a case the quicker they can leave, I think that plays a big role in jurors intimidating/bullying each other. I had nearly the entire rest of the jury table yelling at me for being the one dissenter during our preliminary vote.

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Tashus t1_isbyzly wrote

If you haven't watched the 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men, I highly recommend it.

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addicted_to_placebos t1_isc0ohq wrote

Oh I’ve seen it, it’s certainly a classic. Our arguments were considerably less animated tho, luckily.

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DudeIsAbiden t1_iscgx04 wrote

Having been surrounded by barely literate idiots on every jury selection I have been on for 30 years, I will def ask for a bench trial if I ever get in enough trouble to need it.

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Saltyballs2020 t1_iscm3mj wrote

Ah yes. A bench trial in front of a Judge meeting these officers for a FOP endorsement, ex parte search warrants, and politically connected.

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equalsolstice t1_isbvwht wrote

Lmao this is literally the premise of an American dad episode

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onioning t1_isctfs8 wrote

Honestly the whole jury of our peers concept is pretty fucking awful all over. I do not see how letting the legal actors pick and choose twelve people who then somehow have power over law despite not having any relevant qualifications is possibly a good thing. I'm pretty hugely distrustful of the state, but at least the state is theoretically accountable.

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[deleted] t1_isd29y7 wrote

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onioning t1_isd434h wrote

They have power over the facts before the law. That's a pedantic objection. Jurors have power over how the interaction between law and person will turn out.

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