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I don't agree or disagree with what you're saying, but isn't this the point of a "jury of your peers"? To exact a punishment befitting the crime?
by heyflyguy 4y ago
I don't agree or disagree with what you're saying, but isn't this the point of a "jury of your peers"? To exact a punishment befitting the crime?
- aaomidi 4y agoNote, jury doesn’t necessarily decide sentencing. Just guilt or lack thereof. If you mention you know about jury nullification you’re going to get dismissed as a juror.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThat's the idea. The actual practice of it has never been near perfect. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02jury.html https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02jury.html > In North Carolina, at least 26 current death row defendants were sentenced by all-white juries. In South Carolina, a prosecutor said he struck a black potential juror because he “shucked and jived” when he walked. There are other selection biases at play; any of those peers who oppose the death penalty are struck from the jury as a matter of course.