You have been on a jury 8 times? That is cool. I served on a grand jury once. That was fascinating. A part of the justice system few get to see.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 12:24 PM, William Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:372410 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
