It sounds like Massachusetts does not send its best to the jury box. But, wouldn’t that kind of background be something that would be brought out during jury selection? Maybe the defense lawyers should add that to the list of questions they ask.
“A juror questionnaire in Massachusetts asks whether someone has been arrested, charged with a crime, or been served with a court order — all boxes that the holdout juror should have checked.”
The whole point of the story is to suggest he shouldn’t have even been in the jurt in the first place so the mistrial is bogus.
“Maybe the defense lawyers should add that to the list of questions they ask.”
My guess: the defense knew about the black man’s past and sought to keep him on the jury. This information, if true, can be used to impeach the mistrial.
The man is black, but in this case can be targeted by the white left for destruction without a second thought. He crossed some kind of line drawn by ladies who are white, urban liberals - probably college-educated school teachers.
“It sounds like Massachusetts does not send its best to the jury box.”
I’m pretty sure this is about as good as it gets in Massachusetts.