[caww]

“....a corrupted jury system, serves no one,
but lawyers.”..... That's exactly right. There are “peers” who can and understand critical thinking, and there are “peers” who haven't a clue what that is or means. This Jury IMO did not deliberate the case...nor the evidence of....and lacked the ability to do so. When the Jurors themselves have shady backgrounds...and yet appointed, then there can be no rightful justice. There needs to be standards for those who are appointed. One of which if they have a criminal history they should not be determining the outcome of a trial.

[Tammy8]

I think jury pools are too small for them to be as picky as they once were. I was supposed to testify in a criminal trial a couple of weeks ago and it was declared a mistrial because there were not enough jurors to try the case! Many do not even bother to show up, and those that do have all sorts of reasons they can’t serve. I was on jury duty a few years ago and a deputy sheriff showed up in uniform and tried to get the clerk to dismiss him so he wouldn’t have to wait around. The clerk told him being in law enforcement didn’t mean he wouldn’t be put on a jury any more so he didn’t just get excused.

They used to say jurors are those that are too dumb to get out of jury duty. If we want justice we have to be willing to do our part and many aren’t.