hey chapos how am i gonna redpill the jury im on to let someone go free?

  • Sam_Hyde [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    I’ve hung a jury. It was great. The only downside is the juror selection questionnaire you fill out asks if you’ve ever been on a hung jury. This potentially ruins future chances to legally nullify, although it ruins the chances of all the chuds on your jury ever getting picked again too!!!

    You will be amazed how fucking stupid a “jury of your peers” are. In our case the judge specifically told the jury to ignore drug possession when it comes to deciding the case (the drug possession was not supposed to be mentioned but someone slipped up and it was technically allowed). The second we sit down for deliberations someone said “I thought they were innocent but then they brought up the drugs” several people agreed and my brain turned to mush.

    edit: Oh and i forgot about the fucking lib kid who complained about the lack of any POC on the jury yet still voted the black defendant guilty even after I called him on it.

  • AliceBToklas [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    I tried to get on a jury but I’m 90% sure being trans was why I got kicked off. I was far from dead set on nullification because it was a murder trial but the facts as described initially were that the guy was part of a group of people and they were trying to hold him personally responsible for the robbery turning into a murder. it was either being trans or some other little thing I said during their “do you know what beyond a reasonable doubt means” bullshit. which was also kinda annoying because they keeepppppt asking about it and every time I was like “yo I’ve taken a pile of classes on these concepts I know what the fuck it is”

    but at least I made the prosecutor kick off 1/3 of the white people in the pool lol

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    4 years ago

    just realized reading this thread that if we can reach critical mass on jury nullification we can break the justice system completely

  • Puffin [any, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    In addition to what @hauntingspectre already said, the way to go about it is to just continuously assert that you are not convinced that the guy is guilty. No matter how the rest of the jury tries to convince you, just keep asserting that you have a feeling that the defendant is innocent. Either they go along with you and the defendant goes free or the jury hangs.

  • hauntingspectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    You’re not. If you advance jury nullification ideas within the jury room, you’ll be replaced by an alternate (if available, obviously the size of the trial will impact that). Now, there might be different laws in different states on the matter, but the ones I’m familiar with allow removal.

    Best thing to do is vote not guilty (assuming the case and charge allow it), and just say you’re not convinced past a reasonable doubt.