According to a pre-trial poll of the jurors, something like 2/3’s think he is guilty. Will that change after the trial? Probably not. I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t do a long time in prison, for self defense.
That poll was of people living in the district from which the jury was drawn. Given the relentless, partisan, ex-parte coverage by the press, one should not be surprised. I think it will be difficult for the prosecution to prevail, but I know that Chauvin is innocent, he's in jail. General Flynn got railroaded, too.
IIRC, that was 2/3s of the initial jury pool - 150 people. They took 20.
How many lied?
How many said that to get out of jury duty?
How many were worried about being doxed to the mob?
It is Rittenhouse’s lawyer’s job to exclude the rest. Hopefully he was successful.
“According to a pre-trial poll of the jurors...”
I think that was a poll of the jury pool, not the final 20 jurors and alternates.
According to a pre-trial poll of the jurors, something like 2/3’s think he is guilty. Will that change after the trial? Probably not. I’ll be surprised if he doesn’t do a long time in prison, for self defense.
If the people selected for the jury already think he’s guilty that’s reason enough as is for a mistrial.