Posted on 09/03/2015 4:41:00 PM PDT by Coleus
It's little wonder "no snitching" and "didn't see nothing" is the code of the streets.
Dime someone out and he's going to remember you when he's set free.
Even though this is a state appeal court, guaranteed coming soon to a SCOTUS decree. Then a other huge federal police force. (Key word, Force)
The Thought Police.
So will courts also now screen prospective jurors for possible anti-white, anti-cop, and anti-law-enforcement hatreds??
That would probably eliminate about half of a certain inner-city minority from consideration.
So the fact that the dirbags were guilty has no bearing? Its more important that an elderly lady had expressed concerns for her safety and a judge perceived that as latent racism? This country is going to shit.............
“Subliminal” and “deeply-rooted, latent racial bias” is utterly meaningless without objective criteria.
In past, courts have ruled that jurors have very wide latitude to determine guilt or innocence, and that bias must be blatant, obvious and expressed as such to sway the outcome.
In fact, grounds for a mistrial *based* on such bias is such that those jurors can be held in contempt for their actions, which means their expressions must be beyond doubt.
When you serve as a judge or a juror you have to set all that aside.
You must judge any particular case based on the evidence presented and the law.
Nothing else.
Unless you and other jurors do a jury nullification of a law.
That is an ideal. Tragically, far too often other factors come into play.
One that made me wince was the trial of a child killer in California. The evidence was damning. As the jury was led out to carry out their deliberations, the killer flipped them off.
After the guilty verdict, one of the jurors said, “I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until he flipped us off. Then I knew he was guilty.”
Even this was not enough to overturn the sentence and declare a mistrial.
Or wear your Tea Party t-shirt.
Oh, and albinos... they need to be hanged to. Albinos.
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