RedactedAlmost Half of Jury Pool in Elon Musk Trial Tossed After ‘So Many’ Said They ‘Hate’ Him
i_stole_ur_tacoOut of the jury pool of 93, Breyer dismissed 40 of them right off the bat when he asked who did not feel they could set aside their biases and they raised their hands.
I don’t doubt most of the city hates him, but this quote also has a huge overlap with the “I don’t want jury duty” demographic.
I can lie about hating him long enough to survive voir dire. Put me in, coach!
The other half just kept their mouths shut.
It’s why I kind of have to admit that a celebrity/(in)famous person likely can’t get a fair jury trial.
It’s also extraordinarily difficult to set aside your prejudices when on a jury. I’ve been on two and it’s hard when I can’t tell if I (don’t) believe a witness or I (don’t) want to believe a witness.
__反いじめ戦隊Well first of all jury duty compensation is a fucking joke. You usually have to drive into a city where there is no parking at the ass crack of dawn during rush hour. Go through security bullshit. Deal with a bunch of dickhead gov’t workers that seem annoyed by your very existencel. And then you find out it’s for this fucking nepo-baby, everything-grifting pedophile that just gets his way no matter what anyway? I don’t blame them at all. The whole system needs to be overhauled.
Yeah but also it’s the price of having a jury of your peers if you need it
I lack the right passport, but I’m an excellent liar. I’m pretty ambivalent about Elon Musk. Is he the car guy?
no, the boring guy
Oh, I thought he was Fully Self Drugged chap.
ZozanoThere should be a condition “guilty by default”
If you literally cannot find anyone who is capable of being impartial, just declare the defendant guilty, because any jury would inevitably arrive there
I wouldn’t miss the opportunity to say he’s guilty lol. I’m biased but I wouldn’t say it openly just so I can declare him guilty.
It’s hard not to.
In my jury selection, I was tossed immediately after saying that everyone who witnessed the crime are white cops, and none of the evidence comes from anyone but the white cops.
what if Nuremberg trials had been held this way? Al Capone’s tax evasion trial should have only had jurors who had a neutral view on all of his murder and extortion? Self-promoted quotable notoriety differs from propaganda/narrative notoriety.
I think the point is that they need to “start” neutral, and then get an opinion once they get informed about his doings.
The main problem is that he is an asshole of such an extent that it is hard to find someone who never heard of him (and therefore dislikes him)
I think the point is that they need to “start” neutral, and then get an opinion once they get informed about his doings.
Him being an asshole doesn’t mean he did twitter fraud. I don’t think a trial showing he’s an asshole would be relevant in addressing the twitter fraud part. It’s similar to just because Al Capone is an extortionist murderer doesn’t mean he’s guilty of tax fraud.