It’s true. My mom always said that half the cases in the US were decided by leftists because conservatives ran businesses or had essential jobs. Meanwhile retirees, unemployeds, and people with union jobs were most able to sit jury duty.
However I DO know some intelligent people in Palm Harbor.
But do you know all three of them?
You have to look at it this way, who would actually enjoy being on a sequestered jury, be away from their families for months and have no contact with them? No one forced these jurors to show up and be part of this..they came to court knowing there was a chance they would be on this jury..you see your usual Government workers, the ones with criminal records and family members with criminal records, and the ones who didn’t pass the 11th grade..these are the jurors we are left with here..the ones who go YIPPEE I will get 5 bucks a day and a book deal. these are the ones you see ending up on high profile cases like this one
When I was a teenager, Palm Harbor was 378 residents, and Alternate US 19 didn’t get wide there, it got narrow!
Good points regarding the types of people who often comprise juries,
About 20 years ago I had to appear before a Federal Grand Jury regarding a “witch hunt” investigation of my long time employer (a major defense contractor). I was questioned for almost two hours by the Fed Prosecutor and three of his assistants. ....The jury was made up of around thirty or so people and well over half of them were reading books, dozing in their chairs or talking to each other, instead of listening to the questions and answers.
That is why any Prosecutor can get an indictment. There is no Defense side in a Grand Jury, so the slugs only hear the Prosecutor’s side of a situation.
This particulor Grand Jury was set for SIX months. The people obviously didn’t have meaningful employment or responsibilities at home. They were making money every day just for showing up at the court house, plus per diem for meals and being paid for round-trip mileage.
So do I. I certainly would not blame the folks in Pinellas County! I also know that this particular jury took quite a while to “pick”.