Thanks. So how do Pedes or other Bad People select juries, since choosing and selecting jury members is up to the pro/con attorneys? I never was a juror other than grand jury so I forgot about how they were chosen.
I forgot about how they were chosen.
They are supposed to be chosen at random (with exceptions) from your county of residence. The exception where I live is, if you’ve served on a jury in the last 6 months, you are excused until a later date.
Random lottery. But in the case presented, the selection isn’t random. Using social media and other records, people are selected who are likely to have a certain prejudice for or against the crime being tried.
Example for example’s sake: The bad people want a speeder to get off. They pick people for the pool have have griped about tickets and/or cops in general on social media and have problems with driving offenses themselves. They could be more likely to be sympathetic to the defendant. Those people are the ones that get jury notices, and it isn’t random. Will they win them all? No, but it could certainly tilt the scales of justice.
Hope I’m making sense.