Comment on Well, I guess that settles it
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe degree to which the jury pool is going to be stacked with people tied to the finance and insurance industry is going to send eyebrows through the ceiling.
Comment on Well, I guess that settles it
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe degree to which the jury pool is going to be stacked with people tied to the finance and insurance industry is going to send eyebrows through the ceiling.
leadore@lemmy.world 2 months ago
True, even though it’s supposed to be a jury of the defendant’s peers, not a jury of the victim’s peers.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The concept of a “peer” has been fast and loose for a long time. All-white upper-class juries sentencing poor black men happens to this day.