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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

It’s always been so weird to me that being knowledgeable on the person and situation in question disqualifies you from being on a jury

[-] BatCountryMusicFan@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I had an idea for a rpg once about a near-future society where jury duty lasts like five years. Like they lock you in a bubble village and cut off all your access to the outside world so that when you go to sit on a trial you have absolutely no foreknowledge of what it's about.

[-] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

seriously, if you'd be unable to judge impartially simply for having read a news article about the guy, how could you ever be impartial in your judgement when you've heard the same story from his team of top-notch defense lawyers?

[-] LeninsBeard@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

I think that's fair though. Media can spin things in ways that negatively influence a case, for example the central park five case.

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