It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants than in the suburban enclaves that ring the city.
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The time has come for professional jurors.
If you go to probably any jury trial in Baltimore that involves violence, either an assault or murder, and watch the voir dire, to me, that's when you get a sense of what it's like to live in Baltimore.
If you grew up where I grew up, you would experience a very different criminal justice system than Camden, New Jersey.
When I worked as a prosecutor in Richmond, Virginia in the 1990s, that city, like so much of America, was experiencing horrific levels of violent crime. But to describe it that way obscures an important truth: for the most part, white people weren't dying; black people were dying. Most white people could drive around the problem.
Crime is out of control in Baltimore City.
Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations.
Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.
Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.
Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice.
Gun-related violence and murders are concentrated among blacks and Latinos in big cities.
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