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They should do that with being charged for crimes too then, since we're entitled to a jury of our peers. (I'm not at all joking.)
by dontbenebby 4y ago
They should do that with being charged for crimes too then, since we're entitled to a jury of our peers.
(I'm not at all joking.)
- tjohns 4y agoEach side in a trial gets to dismiss a certain number of potential jurors, for nearly any reason they like. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voir_dire#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voir_dire#United_States
- dontbenebby 4y agoI know, but thanks for sharing this for those who do not.
- woodruffw 4y agoYour peers are your fellow citizens, usually from the same municipality as you. The US doesn't recognize a right to be tried by peers of a particular status, since consideration for that is likely to always be a positive or negative bias (e.g. juries of landholders against a tenant, juries of the educated against someone illiterate.)
- dontbenebby 4y agoYeah, that's why my metro area has negative population growth. You can EXPLAIN things like you just said, but if you just explain over and over "that's the way it is" to people who are trapped in interactions with you, they tend to act out, it's why Pennsylvania has been having so many issues lately.
- woodruffw 4y agoI can think of a handful of other things in the last 24 months that probably better explain why your metropolitan area has negative population growth.
- dontbenebby 4y agoIt's been that way since I first emmigrated then returned under duress due to persistent discrimination. We have been too welcoming to antisocial people.