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>What sort of jury could come to an 12-0 vote that any case like this was beyond reasonable doubt? People that have not ever had had friends or family ensnared
by downandout 11y ago
>What sort of jury could come to an 12-0 vote that any case like this was beyond reasonable doubt?
People that have not ever had had friends or family ensnared in the criminal justice system tend to project popular myths and natural biases onto anyone in jail. One of those is that people in jail are all idiots that do nothing all day but sit around bragging to their cellmates about their crimes. This is why jailhouse snitches are believed by juries, despite the obvious incentive to lie.
- danieltillett 11y agoWell yes. If juries gave no weight to the testimony of convicted criminals with an enormous incentive to lie then prosecutors would stop putting them on the stand. It tells us how broken the whole jury system is when prosecutors go to the effort of obtaining these testimonies. Interesting here in Australia these jailhouse testimonies are not given much weight by juries and when used (rarely) they are seen as a desperate attempt by the crown to bolster a very weak case. I guess the more people learn about how corrupt these testimonies are the less juries will believe them and hopefully they will stop being used.