• maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    Do US juries need a reason to kick people off? Isn’t it like both sides in a case get to throw off a set amount of people?

    To me, the whole article seems like the US justice system coming apart at the seams because of it having two publics with two sets of norms.

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      5 months ago

      Pretty much. Both sides go back and forth.

      If you never been in jury duty, both sides look at the selected jurors (sometimes 20-40 ppl) and their goal is to shave it to a smaller number, like 12.

      Wear gauges? Have purple hair? Be a person of color?

      If you don’t fit a specific profile to help them win… You’re gone.

      During one of the selected cases where I was part of being selected, they absolutely asked you questions about your job and family, to get a sense of your background.