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Marathon bombing suspect: Not enough minorities in jury pool
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Posted on 02/26/2015 6:49:37 AM PST by massmike
Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client, saying there aren't enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.
Lawyers filed a motion Thursday saying the selection process violated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehvz) constitutional right to have a jury that represents a "fair cross section of the community."
They say blacks, people under 30 and Boston residents were underrepresented in the group of potential jurors questioned by the judge.
The prospective jurors were chosen from a population of about 5 million in eastern Massachusetts.
Jury selection is nearing a close. Court officials say the trial could begin next week.
A federal appeals court hasn't yet ruled on a defense request to move the trial out of Massachusetts.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: dzhokhartsarnaev; marathonbombing
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:49:37 AM PST
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massmike
To: massmike
So the European-American Tsarnaev’s attorneys are concerned that there aren’t enough “minorities”? You can’t win with these people.
To: massmike
The jury should be entirely composed of marathon runners.
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:53:24 AM PST
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: massmike
They go to great lengths to avoid jury duty.
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:53:46 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: massmike
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:55:18 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: knittnmom
"The jury should be entirely composed of marathon runners."
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:56:17 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: All
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:57:43 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: massmike
Quote: “Lawyers for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect have asked a judge to dismiss the indictment against their client, saying there aren’t enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool.”
I think what she really means to say is that there are not enough Harvard, BC, BU, etc. professors on the jury. Without these in the mix she can’t possibly hope to raise the “they had it coming” defense.
To: massmike
Lawyers filed a motion Thursday saying the selection process violated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehvz) constitutional right to have a jury that represents a "fair cross section of the community." The Constitution that should matter (the real, written one, universally despised by liberals) only guarantees: "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed . . ." There is nothing there about race, age, or anything else peripheral to a criminal trial.
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posted on
02/26/2015 6:59:27 AM PST
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: All
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:01:24 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: massmike
Should make it an all Muslim jury.
Time to put up or shut up.
We’ll see where loyalties lie.
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:03:06 AM PST
by
PeteB570
( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
To: House Atreides
Guilty, hang em high, and the lawyers too.
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:04:32 AM PST
by
duffee
(Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
To: massmike
so they want to move the trial to Dearbornistan maybe?
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:06:52 AM PST
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: duffee
Guilty, hang em high, and the lawyers too. Got enough rope for his airhead defenders,too?
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:11:36 AM PST
by
massmike
("You only live once, but it does help if you get to be young twice.")
To: massmike
ENOUGH!!!!
The “accused” should have been hanged a long time ago. His supporters are too stupid to be allowed to live to be able to vote or procreate.
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:23:57 AM PST
by
DickBrannigan
(When did logic become reversed, and right became wrong, and wrong became right?)
To: massmike
They’re clearly hoping to get a black on the jury whom they can convince that the bombings were really committed by George Bush and a secret cabal of Republicans.
To: massmike
Rope and street light poles are re-useable.
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:44:11 AM PST
by
duffee
(Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
To: massmike
Are the out of state college students who register to vote in the presidential elections going to be around long enough to serve the full trial?
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:49:45 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: massmike
Drove over his own brother, threw bombs at the cops, but still “innocent”?
Pro-terrorist Libtard trufers in action.
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:51:11 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: massmike
..there aren't enough minorities and younger people in the jury pool..
How would they know they were not younger or black or minorities.
Prospective Jurors standing in line::
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posted on
02/26/2015 7:54:47 AM PST
by
Koracan
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