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"judged by a jury of his peers" During the selection process for the Boston Bomber, a jury was selected of which only people willing to sentence him to death w
by swalsh 11y ago
"judged by a jury of his peers"
During the selection process for the Boston Bomber, a jury was selected of which only people willing to sentence him to death were allowed on.
Snowdon would get a similar filtration. They would filter away any techies, etc until all that's left are people who will take the governments word as gospel.
Ignoring the fact that the charges he's been charged with already don't allow for fairness, the trial process wouldn't make things any better.
- bagels 11y agoWhat evidence is there for your jury claims?
- Zikes 11y agoHistory, mostly.
- swalsh 11y ago"Most people from Eastern Massachusetts could qualify, as long as they assure lawyers and the judge that they are capable of handing out the death penalty, if the punishment is warranted." https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/06/jury-selection-marathon-bomber-trial/BeQatFcl11b5nOdxfzfE6J/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/06/jury-selection-...
- srj 11y agoThe questionnaire given to potential jurors asked for their beliefs on the death penalty. It begins with question 88, form embedded on this page: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/03/18/heres-the-questionnaire-prospective-tsarnaev-trial-jurors-had-to-answer/ http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/03/18/heres-the-questionn...
- caskance 11y agoWhile death-qualified juries have some unfortunate side effects, you're mischaracterizing it in a very misleading way. If the law states that a possible punishment for theft is putting the thief in prison, it makes no sense to allow people on the jury who morally object to the idea of prison. And both sides are involved in jury selection. But who cares about the truth when you can just spread antigovernment FUD?