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OJ Simpson is was such a famous case that I'd be inclined to treat it as an outlier in many ways, not the norm.

• taeric 1y ago
  Agreed. Outliers are a thing. As is cherry-picking data to try and prove a point. Sucks, as this level of cherry-picking heavily biases me against the premise. If someone has a good data set, they don't need to drive anecdotes from the outliers. And if they are, is it an attempt to hide that the overall data paints a different picture?
• thephyber 1y ago
  But I would argue that jury mentality is universal. Any juror who knows about the concept of jury nullification is more likely to use it when the defendant reminds them of themselves or when the prosecution has so vastly disproportionate resources over the defendant that the trial can’t possibly be fair.
  • reverendsteveii 1y ago
    >I would argue that jury mentality is universal Then argue it, because that's a pretty large thing to say unsupported