• RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Trial by jury is one of the few functioning parts of our democracy… This is a really strange comment… As someone who is extremely critical of the United States right now my time as a juror from start to finish was one of the bright points in an otherwise disappointing time in being an American. I am not sure what your point is with this comment…

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      2 days ago

      If you were on trial, do you think the jury would truly represent your peers? Would they come from the same socioeconomic background as you? Would they come from the same cultural background as you? Including all of the biases that come with that? Do you think jury selection is fair?

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        2 days ago

        Would they come from the same socioeconomic background as you? Would they come from the same cultural background as you?

        If your lawyer isn’t shit, then yeah hopefully