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Topic History of: "Terror" Jury set new record
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Mart |
Hardly conclusive to the casual follower of verdicts and not trials, which the majority of people are.
A verdict like that makes it look like two people were walking by and got caught up in it.
Yet another reason to question jury selection.
The majority of peoples knowledge of a court case comes from a Hollywood blockbuster version of a great big fat paperback with very few words in, although enough skantly filled pages to aid a tan on the beach between daydreaming. |
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In The Know |
Five men found guilty - two acquitted (on the 27th day of deliberations).
Good verdicts - or did the Jury just get fed-up and stick a pin into a piece of paper? |
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JK2006 |
I was selected several times for jury duty (one of the many silver linings to my recent conviction cloud is that I now cannot be selected for jury duty).
I always agreed readily but told them that, no matter what the evidence, I would always vote NOT GUILTY on a matter of principle - that I do not consider myself in a position to convict another human being.
As a result, I was NEVER chosen for jury duty. |
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Mart |
The selection process is most peculiar as well.
I have been selected twice and got myself out of it on the grounds of childcare problems and needing to work from home.
A month after I got off the second time, my childminder, who was looking after 8 kids at the time , failed to get off her service, thereby causing chaos to all the working families concerned.
I didn`t expect to get off, I just thought I`d try my luck, I certainly expected a childminder to have a better case than me. |
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It's clear why the Judge has allowed this to go on and on.
The trial has taken over a year already - and he's very reluctant to call a halt and order a re-trial, and have to go through it all again.
What is equally clear is that the case has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt.
The longer this stalemate is allowed to go on the more likely that one of the Jurors will give in to the majority, sacrificing their principles, and yet another miscarriage of justice will have been perpetrated. |
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