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> A high school librarian, a retired investment banker and a Metro North train conductor: Sam Bankman-Fried’s fate is in the hands of a diverse group of jurors
by preciousoo 3y ago
> A high school librarian, a retired investment banker and a Metro North train conductor: Sam Bankman-Fried’s fate is in the hands of a diverse group of jurors who sat through weeks of scathing testimony against the former cryptocurrency mogul.
Maybe I watch too much TV, but I wonder how the investment banker was allowed to stay on Jury. I've heard mostly anecdotes that lawyers do everything in their power to get experts on subject matter out of the jury
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- tkgally 3y agoI wondered the same thing. Maybe the retired investment banker had been involved only in conventional banking and had no connection to crypto or other more speculative investments.
- jowea 3y agoDo we know the details of the jury selection? I heard the lawyers only have a limited number of arbitrary strikes, maybe they spent them all on other jurors even worse for their position.
- preciousoo 3y agoI was thinking about that too. It is NYC after all, lots of investment bankers to be found
- drcode 3y agoMy understanding is the prosecution most of all wants to avoid "empathetic" jurors, people like social workers, artists, etc who cause hung juries because they randomly decide "this person deserves another chance!" So they will hold their noses and allow the investment banker if they have to
- SoftTalker 3y agoThey only have so many peremptory challenges in the jury selection process. Maybe there were others who were even more problematic, or he was challenged for cause and the judge denied it.