Yep, we can, but when it begins to threaten others and accusations are made against jury members as to their purpose or reasoning it goes beyond just having an opinion. The vitriol spewed by many goes well beyond.
Here’s one of your comments. “Those jurors will be dodging this for the rest of their lives. Good.” Post 679
Wanting the jurors who saw a different case then we did, who spent 44 hours in the jury box, weeks in sequestration, and given specific legal instructions on how to decide the case and you want them to suffer? That’s not just having an opinion.
I have a right to my opinion and to expect them to explain theirs....it’s called accountability. If you are insinuating that I would physically harm a juror, you have crossed a line. I expect them to live with the consequences of their choices, just like we all do in this life and the hereafter. If their neighbors no longer like them or tolerate them...so what? Shunning works for the Amish and it’s perfectly legal.
You misread the poster IMO...because the jurors ARE already dodging the fallout. It’s just the posters take..and they are right as far as I’m concerned. These jurors will be dodging the media etc. for a very long time...expecially if their names are released.
I think you’ll have a difficult time getting people to have concerns over the jurors being sequestered and such. They knew that going in.
There are as many fruitcakes out there as there are Casey Anthonys, who will take things over the edge...would be a good idea to discern those from those genuinely concerned about how this whole trial went down...and their rightful anger that it went as it did.
And for this thread...the scroll bar is your friend.
My view of the jury: They spent 44 hours in the jury box - listening to complicated evidence WITHOUT taking notes, They obviously did NOT understand the instructions ("we could not decide the punishment of death") - they NEVER asked for any evidence to be brought into the jury room to review it - they NEVER asked for any testimony to be re-read so they could consider it. They were lazy, misinformed, and deserve public scorn .
I agree with another poster that I highly doubt they have been threatened - its the scorn they cannot handle so they are trying to garner sentiment by claiming threats or magnifying things.
Did you think O.J. was guilty? I realize it was before the internet was popular, but did you express your opinion to anyone?