To: Free ThinkerNY
The fix ix in...both in Florida and at the US Department of Just Us.I fear that the best that Zimmerman can hope for in his state *or* Federal trial is a hung jury.There's *no* way any jury picked by prosecutors who are desperate to convict him will ever acquit.
8 posted on
04/20/2012 10:30:40 AM PDT by
Gay State Conservative
(Unlike Mrs Obama,I've Been Proud Of This Country My *Entire* Life!)
To: Gay State Conservative
Ummmm, the prosecutors do not pick the jury.
To: Gay State Conservative
Both the defense and prosecution participate in jury selection.
IIRC, the defense has more “peremptory strikes” than the prosecution AND fewer limits on their use. Peremptory strikes allow rejection of a juror without having to give a cause. Otherwise, a juror maybe challenged “for cause.”
Unless Zimmerman’s defense is incompetent (or working withe the prosecution!), it SHOULD be difficult to impanel a completely hostile jury.
23 posted on
04/20/2012 10:41:34 AM PDT by
Little Ray
(FOR the best Conservative in the Primary; AGAINST Obama in the General.)
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