“”I have served on several juries. There is a huge difference between innocent and not guilty.
I have almost always been rejected and always by the defense. You’re better at interviewing than I am. If I’m ever called for a gun rights case though, I’m going to make a serious effort to be truthful but not helpful and do so in a manner that will get me on the jury. “”
The last time I was very careful to answer truthfully yet I didn’t answer something they didn’t ask specifically. Evasive yet technically truthful.
The case involved a guy on probation. The cops did one of their no knock random searches, which apparently is legal if you are on probation, and they found a gun in the house which was occupied by various people. When it came time for the initial vote I was the only one that said not guilty. I reprimanded my fellow idiots and told them if you are going to put a guy in prison at least you could spend some time going over every detail instead of just convicting so you could go to lunch early. They didn’t like me very much after that.
It also convinced me that a lot of people go to prison due to morons on the jury.
I will be following that path when appropriate - if it's good enough for Bill Clinton, then it's good enough for me. I also agree that we have too many innocent people going to prison because of morons (and too many criminals going free for the same reason). As the number of silly laws goes up, my concern over the third issue continues to rise - people going to prison because of dumb or unconstitutional laws. We need someone on the jury who will push for nullification when appropriate.