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NY Top Court: Immigrants Are Entitled to Jury Trials If Deportation Can Result
- docbrown 8y agoI wonder how the decision from Jennings v. Rodriguez played into this courts ruling. While Jennings v. Rodriguez gave immigrants the right to periodic bond hearings [1], it gives them civil rights from the start. 1: https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589096901/supreme-court-ruling-means-immigrants-can-continue-to-be-detained-indefinitely https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589096901/supreme-court-rulin...
- seaocean 8y agoHow much better is the jury trial than the alternatives for those who are not, uh, a "culture fit"? For example, those that are "highly melanated", or of "mestizo persuasion (and Mexican extraction who 'no speaka da English')" or covered head to toe in burka or limp -wristed homosexual or, again, Boris who is fresh off the boat from Belarus with the thickest of accents and broken grammar...how do they fare with the jury who I am assuming will be made up of those who represent the opinion and culture of the majority for who those listed above are not always the "most respectable of people"? I guess one could argue this is NY, not Alabama, but then again, NYC is not synonymous with Upstate New York. I apologize for my own grammar. Asking the question for my friend :)
- knolax 8y agoPresumably, some of those that are selected to be a "jury of your peers" are going to be the same demographic as you, that is if you have a good lawyer who can select the right jury.
- Konnstann 8y agoHow many people about to be deported are going to have access to good lawyers proficient in jury selection?