Gel, i was once dismissed from a jury by the Prosecutor because I answered a question of his that indicated that I understood that *all* persons accused of a crime are considered *innocent* until proven guilty. Whether or not I had been ticketed, arrested, guilty of some infraction, etc. was immaterial to the lawyers line of questioning.
Additionally, yes, a Defense attorney *might* try to have a multiply-vicitmized person removed from a jury, but, OTOH might want to keep that person on the jury in order to claim mistrial at a later time. courtroom strategy is a tough call. Prosecution might want a person who was raped multiple times off a jury for exactly the same reason (possibility of mistrial). But to suggest that a person cannot be objective after a given trauma is ludicrous. Sorry, it just is. Ever been in a car accident where someone collided with you? Could you sit on a jury for a vehicular manslaughter charge? Ever had your wallet/watch/phone stolen? Could you sit on a jury for a pickpocket/burglar/petty larceny case? Ever fallen/tripped? Could you sit on a jury for a personal injury case involving wet floors in a publicly accessible space? Ever accidentally shocked yourself doing home electrical repairs? Could you sit on a workplace safety trial that involved high voltage and proper tagging? In case you're wondering, these are all cases from my own experience as a jurist, and the answer to the above 8 questions it yes. On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > You don't need to be a lawyer to answer the question. > > It's a logical one, and not answering is simply prevarication. > > But let us play that game, and make it even simpler until your only > response other than to answer truthfully, would be to refuse to answer. > > If YOU were accused of rape, and you are innocent. You have been wrongly > accused. > > Would you want a member of that Jury to be a woman who had been gang raped > more than once? > > I would not, to answer the question myself. > > Would you? > > On 10 September 2014 11:37, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So, now it is a jury member and not a judge? > > > > I am not a lawyer. I have never been a lawyer. I have never spoken with > > lawyers about the nuances of jury selection. I have never served on a > jury. > > I have never discussed with anyone who has served on a jury what the > > selection process was like. I will likely never be part of a jury > selection > > process, So, no, I cannot answer that question. > > > > Can you answer my question?. Are you implying that a rape victim is > > incapable of being objective about other rape cases? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
