“The problem here is the press attention on one man out of 12 who now says he didn’t stand up for what he believes.”
The ‘press attention’ part is important in figuring out the motive.
IMHO, there are two possibilities.
1) He is a plant for the defense, and he failed, so he is taking it to the press.
2) He is an egotist who watches too much TV.
Many gripe, or joke about jury duty, and how they easily avoided it.
Jury Duty is the CIVIC duty of Americans, so lying to get out of it is no different than lying to get out of military service.
COPS cannot stop crime.
LAWS cannot stop crime.
Only JUSTICE is effective in stopping crime.
If the ‘smart’ ones, or ‘intelligent’ ones always avoid jury duty, then I say that THEY are the ones responsible for the feeling that one is not SAFE, one will not get TRUE JUSTICE because jurors are all morons.
If Intelligent, reasonable, logical, impartial citizens don’t fulfill their responsibility to our LEGAL SYSTEM, then they leave one of the most IMPORTANT FACTORS of FREEDOM open to bias, and those led by ulterior motives.
In essence, we are cutting our own throats by ruining the intent and practice of our Justice System.
So, IMHO, rather than complain about how bad juries are, we should do something about it.
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Amen!