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onioning t1_isctfs8 wrote

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

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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