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Interesting, especially when you consider that programmers will often complain when the subject of jury duty is brought up of being summoned for it only to be e
by Kepler2 16y ago
Interesting, especially when you consider that programmers will often complain when the subject of jury duty is brought up of being summoned for it only to be excused during voir dire when their occupation is discovered. Apparently attorneys prefer jurors they can easily emotionally manipulate. I suppose this is what you get when you systematically exclude anyone with an analytical bent and an IQ above 100 from jury participation: a group of twelve over-emotional, intuition-driven fools who determine the fate of their fellow citizens using the pseudoscience of physiognomy.
- sliverstorm 16y agoThis has always seemed like the most fundamental flaw in the legal system. Rejecting jurors should be much more limited, in my mind. Perhaps, for example, give the attorney 3 sets of 12- or give him a set of 12, and offer him the chance to reject the whole set, a limited number of times.