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In reply to the discussion: Could you be a fair juror at trump's trial? [View all]Midnight Writer
(21,952 posts)19. Yes, I think I could.
My problem, as it has been in all the trials I have served as a juror, is when the other jurors choose to ignore the facts or bring some irrelevant personal history that they cite as a reason for their decision.
I sat on a jury for a wrongful death suit against a nursing home. One of the jurors trotted out this fantasy that the nursing home was run by the Mafia and they would send out assassins to murder anyone that "stood up" to them. We spent hours in the deliberations trying to get this single juror to focus on the evidence presented to us instead of some story she heard years before. She finally gave in only because she was not allowed to smoke during deliberations and she was having a nicotine fit.
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No and there is no way I would ever be seated. Wonder if they can ask who a potential juror voted for.
efhmc
Apr 15
#4
They have access to your primary voting records, political donations and your social media.
LeftInTX
Apr 15
#12
Hypothetically, could the prosecutor use a clue by 4 to strike them? Like, really hard?
Hermit-The-Prog
Apr 15
#25
I'd have to 'fess up and say "I have an immediate and negative reaction to him,
Torchlight
Apr 15
#11
It will be tough to come up with 12 jurors that both sides believe will not be biased.
honest.abe
Apr 15
#21
I believe they ask where you get your news from and what social media sites you frequent
getagrip_already
Apr 16
#64
While most of us like to think we could overcome our biases and examine the evidence fairly ...
eallen
Apr 15
#29
Yes, I feel very strongly that the rule of law supercedes political positions or beliefs.
patphil
Apr 15
#31