Why You Shouldn’t Stereotype During Jury Selection 🇺🇸💼⚖️

[xxportalxx.]

To clarify for those who are misunderstanding: he would have removed the former prosecutor from the panel had he known due to an assumption that being a former prosecutor (who prosecuted hundreds of ppl) he would be biased against the defendant. A prosecutors job is the antithesis of a defense attorney, they spend their time considering how to land a guilty conviction, so it's a fair assumption that they'll be predisposed to vote for a guilty conviction.

In this particular case the juror did his job properly and wasn't biased, proving the assumption false in this instance.

[.BANDIT]

The man said the Government didn't prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. He should know.

[brandonbanta]

This just shows that lawyers only care about winning, not whether justice is fairly despensed

[VictorianTimeTraveler]

"Never allow legal technicalities to override the simple morality in your heart."
Robert E Howard

[danielsmith]

There is something inherently crooked about a system where a person can be removed from a jury because of legal knowledge.

[MichaelHenriques]

So, he didnt want someone who was an actual prosecutor because they can see through the BS of both sides and didnt have to worry about getting a "win"

[gethriel]

Glad that guy was on the jury. He would know better than most whether the case was proven. Especially being a prosecutor.

[thanniss]

You have a greater chance of getting a honest prosecutor from jag than any da office in the country. That oath they took was real to them.

[PrayingPanda]

It's called hedging your bets. It just so happens that it worked out well this time.

[dmosier]

This example is further proof of how badly the system is broken

[mightyfp]

Left the military and still defending the constitution. Admirable.

[BigVnilla]

Attorneys constantly throw away the justice scale of balance … for their own egos

[jamessandsmark]

A prosecutor is supposed to seek justice, not convictions. So, if he was a good prosecutor, he carried that into the jury room.

[beatmasterbossy]

If he's such a good attorney, then he would know that logically he cannot know whether or not he would've won without ONE juror.

[HIDNotfound]

"If only I had a dumber jury, I could have manipulated to court room to make a few grand."

[robertwall]

Up until they revamped the jury duty system, I ended up getting jury duty every year(even when I was overseas, my parents told them that if they flew me back home to serve, they would let me know).But, due to what I did for a living, I was never selected for a jury. The one time that I even came close was a DUI case. The Defense asked everyone whether they had ever been involved with a DUI, I raised my hand, then they asked if anyone had been involved in more than one, again, I raised my hand. The Defense then asked just how many times? I then asked, well that all depends, whether being involved means being pulled over or being the one doing the pulling over. When I stated that I never bothered to count how many, the judge, the Defense, and the Prosecutor started to flip through their paperwork‼️I wasn’t pick to serve on that jury either‼️🫡😎👀😎👀😎👀

[rosemarietolentino]

“The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don’t understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.” Bartolf Brectt

[misterchubbikins]

That juror knew exactly what he was doing.

[niccoleball]

He admitted to doing the wrong thing? Imagine that!!!! A attorney admitting he didn't do "his job"

[charlescraft]

Glad to know it’s all about winning the case, not about practicing discretion in power.