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You'd think so, but the average jury is extremely deferential to police. In part because a lot of places include some questions about how you feel about the po
by kemayo 3y ago
You'd think so, but the average jury is extremely deferential to police.
In part because a lot of places include some questions about how you feel about the police in the standard jury screening interview, and expressing any negative opinion about police-reliability is likely to get you struck.
e.g. check out the NYC standard set of questions: https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/8-Colloquies/Voir%20Dire%20QUESTIONS.pdf https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/8-Colloquies/Voir%20Dire... -- note that 11.a is going to automatically exclude anyone who says something like "I've heard about the blue code, thanks".
- greedo 3y agoIt's not just the average jury, but prosecutors, judges, mayors, city councils. Police get a pass for so much misconduct on an individual and institutional level it boggles the mind.
- engineer_22 3y agoText in question: -> 11. Police questions: (a) Have you had an interaction or experience with a police officer or other law enforcement person, or formed an opinion about police or our criminal justice system that would prevent you from being a fair juror? (b) Under our law, a police officer is not more, or less, believable just because he or she is a police officer. A juror must evaluate a police officer's testimony for truthfulness and accuracy in the same way the juror would evaluate the testimony of any other witness. is there any reason you cannot do so? If a candidate expresses an opinion that would be deferential to either side, they are likely to get struck. This is a feature, not a bug.
- Zigurd 3y agoCan confirm. I hung a jury where the cop clearly lied.