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I got to jury selection last time I was on jury duty and the prosecuting attorney straight up asked the prospective jurors, "would you believe the testimony of
by __david__ 9y ago
I got to jury selection last time I was on jury duty and the prosecuting attorney straight up asked the prospective jurors, "would you believe the testimony of a policeman above the testimony of the plaintiff?"
And guess which answer got people dismissed?
- mulmen 9y agoI don’t like guessing. It only reinforces bias. Please complete your anecdote.
- refurb 9y agoI had the opposite experience. There were a few folks that were trying to get dismissed with statements like that and ended up on the jury. Remember the prosecution have a limited number of dismissals and statements like that are desired by the defense.