Ok, DU, help me........

[lastlib]

I'm trying to figure out something that bothers me: how do we ever get an impartial jury for mr. Tsarnaev???

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sheppard/sheppardvmaxwell.html

[Buzz Clik]

1. Not in Boston, maybe not in Massachusetts.

There are always people who were too busy or disconnected to pay attention.

[DonViejo]

4. Nonsense...

see comment 3, below

[gateley]

9. A woman I work with was pretty much clueless about the whole thing.

She was aware there was "a bomb" that went off during the Marathon, but that's about it. She doesn't watch or listen to the news, and frankly she's just uninterested. It's kind of disturbing, actually -- that someone can be that disconnected.

My comment is about people who weren't paying attention.

I think people who serve on a jury for the most part take the responsibility very seriously. They might change venues, but I think the good people of Boston would serve impartially.

[DonViejo]

12. If they aren't paying attention to the news...

why is that a bad thing? How many DU'ers paid attention to the media and were seriously mislead, e.g. the New York Post and Reddit? Doesn't that suggest the potential for impartiality? She'll be paying attention if she's on a jury.

[FrodosPet]

15. If she won't pay attention to the news

I know people like her. Why would she pay any attention while sitting on the jury?

For whatever reason, she probably does not care about the world outside of her immediate observation, and may not have the life experience to understand and process the evidence presented.

[Recursion]

2. How did we get one for McVeigh? (nt)

[DonViejo]

3. You think the people of Boston...

can't be impartial? If you do, you don't know the people of Boston. We have a long history of impartiality, beginning with John Adams:

http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/johnadams/f/adamsboston.htm

[Buzz Clik]

13. It's not a matter of what I think.

Anybody who missed work or heard about it on the news or read something online will be subject to instant disqualification from the jury.

The defense will likely move for a change of venue and win.

People of Boston are great, but that is not how I read the question in the OP.

[DonViejo]

14. You're probably correct about the change of venue but,...

as a talking head said on MSNBC the other day, "where in the world will they find an impartial jury?" I'm not all that convinced an impartial jury can be found anywhere.

[snot]

5. I have to wonder, given the rush to judgment even on DU.

[treestar]

6. There are people who can be impartial

They will get plenty of warnings from the judge and lawyers that they should weigh the evidence and not go on emotion.

I would think there is a good shot to get the trial moved out of Boston, though. I wonder if federal courts can move to another state on the federal charges. On the state charges it would have to be western Mass., obviously.

[pipoman]

7. Same way we did for OJ...

[kelliekat44]

8. What does "impartial" mean in this case?

Just asking.

[frogmarch]

10. Well, even on DU

there are people who consider him just a kid who was bullied by his big brother, and some are even praying for him. Surely there are possible jurors out there who also consider this 19-year-old man a kid and a victim of bullying, and are praying for him too.

[bravenak]

11. Casey Anthony

Got a fair trial right near where her daughter was found dead.
He'll be fine.