Rittenhouse picks final jurors from raffle tumbler

The Hill ^ | 11.16.2021 | MYCHAEL SCHNELL

[ChicagoConservative27]

Kyle Rittenhouse, who is on trial for fatally shooting two people and injuring another during protests in Kenosha, Wisc., last summer, selected the final jurors who will decide his verdict from a raffle tumbler on Tuesday.

Judge Bruce Schroeder instructed one of the defense attorneys to put a pile of paper slips with the numbers of the 18 jurors, which he said had been exhibited to the defendant, in the raffle drum.

The bailiff, after spinning the drum, opened it to Rittenhouse, and he carefully selected six slips of paper one-by-one, eliminating those six and leaving 12 now-official jurors.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I have never heard of this.

[madison10]

What the?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

WTF???

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I thought it was the Babylon bee

[lee martell]

Why is this being done?
It’s not a raffle.
Some ‘Law & Order’ Judge he turned out to be.

[BiglyCommentary]

What’s the payout on the pick 4?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Ha

[Codeflier]

I think a defendant can request this there.

[Tell It Right]

I don't like this. Didn't SCOTUS recently (as in the past decade or so) say that jury convictions for murder require a unanimous vote from a jury?

Reducing the jury from 12 to 6 increases the odds of a unanimous conviction.

[Flick Lives]

This is not complicated.

18 potential juror listed to all the testimony. This ensures *all* the jurors listen to the testimony as no one knows who might be an alternate.

12 jurors are needed to deliberate so randomly 6 jurors are dismissed (the alternates) from the deliberations thru random selection.

[Sans-Culotte]

Reducing the jury from 12 to 6 increases the odds of a unanimous conviction.

From the article: The bailiff, after spinning the drum, opened it to Rittenhouse, and he carefully selected six slips of paper one-by-one, eliminating those six and leaving 12 now-official jurors.

[Tell It Right]

Thanks for the clarification.

[frithguild]

I have tried many cases. Every time that box with the papers inside got spun was a moment of reflection. A big part of our conception of justice masks an element of randomness.

[AFB-XYZ]

Sounds like a bingo game.

[AFB-XYZ]

Reducing the jury from 12 to 6 increases the odds of a unanimous conviction.

Or a unanimous acquittal.

[sauropod]

Spin that wheel! You could win a fortune!

[Chode]

win lose or draw, this pic will be the source of ENDLESS memes... Prayers up.

[sauropod]

yep.

[DiogenesLamp]

Rittenhouse picks final jurors from raffle tumbler

The legal system is now more or less a high stakes gambling machine.

[mass55th]

I had to look twice to make sure it wasn’t The Babylon Bee.