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There was a joke floating around somewhere (Matt Levine I think?) that one strategy to avoid a jury trial proceeding was to become so publicly infamous that it
by jjxw 9y ago
There was a joke floating around somewhere (Matt Levine I think?) that one strategy to avoid a jury trial proceeding was to become so publicly infamous that it would be impossible to select an unbiased jury. Clearly didn't work out for Shkreli in this case.
- IshKebab 9y agoNah that's stupid. It might delay your trial but do you really think they would just say "oh ok we won't bother"? Of course not - they'd just go ahead with the least biased jury they could find.
- eyeownyde 9y agoProbably why it's a joke.
- vumgl 9y agoIt may take a very long time to find an impartial jury if the Trump impeachment goes to trial.
- taejo 9y agoImpeachments are tried by the Senate. We know where to find them, whether they're impartial or not.
- dragonwriter 9y agoYou mean, if criminal charges against Trump go to trial, which is far less likely than impeachment (which is tried by the Senate and has no requirement for impartiality) going to trial.
- BartSaM 9y agoThe issue with this is that I often think of a people, that are not following media (so would not know him at all), to be usually more on a conservative note with strong values. If such a people would meet Shkreli, they would send him straight to the jail.
- jacquesm 9y agoWell, that and he actually was guilty. Just like being nice shouldn't be enough to get you off the hook when you're guilty being an asshole shouldn't be enough to get you to be declared guilty when you're not. In this case the system simply worked as it was designed to.
- tanderson92 9y agoYes, matt levine. Curious what his thoughts are on this case on Monday.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoMatt Levine is an excellent read. Even for those without a finance background he makes it easy to understand. Would make an exceptional professor.
- Miner49er 9y agoIt almost did, I believe it took something like over 200 potential jurors before they found a unbiased jury.
- mirimir 9y agoWell, arguably they didn't find an unbiased jury. They just found enough jurors who'd deny being biased.