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Originally posted by ktsnake
You think that our justice system and the media operate under the same guidelines???
In a perfect world, maybe. In the real world, people are going to jump to conclusions based on prejudice. The lines were drawn in the sand before the story even broke, people lined up according to their prejudices -- racial, classist, etc.
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Thanks for the lesson on prejudice and pre-trial publicity, KT, but that's literally what I deal with every day of the week in my professional life - the media can (and does) do whatever it wants, but that does not at all make it correct or consistent with the instructions and rules of the court.
That's why attitudes like Delt's are so dangerous - if he's doing it, that means most of the jury pool is as well. And believe me - no matter how the case proceeds, two things are certain: it will be nearly impossible to kick stealth jurors for cause, and the prosecutor will certainly know how to scream "BATSON!" at the top of his lungs. This point relates to the below:
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Originally posted by ktsnake
If that weren't true, jury selection would be done by picking names out of a hat. The system hopes that by selecting 12 people with the input of both attorneys that the prejudices of those jurors will be balanced out.
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LOLOLOLOLOL
Again, with regard to the concept (or, perhaps, the ideal?) of voir dire, you're essentially correct ('balance' is probably less correct, but more realistic, than the ideal), but my point was relating more to discussion and the concept of guilt, rather than specific application to the court.