There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on 'Friends' is.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Jury selection is strictly an emotional process. They're looking for people they can manipulate. Both sides are.
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
There may sometimes be a mistake, but I think that the citizens of America who are sworn to uphold their duty in a jury setting are going to try to do their best to do that regardless of the consequences.
Jury instructions are so numerous and complex, it's a wonder jurors ever wade through them. And so it should come as no surprise that they can sometimes get stuck along the way. The instruction on circumstantial evidence is confusing even to lawyers. And reasonable doubt? That's the hardest, most elusive one of all.
The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.
Serving jury duty is a fascinating little slice of life, with its motley crew of personalities.
It's not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even - or rather, especially - when we'd prefer not to be.
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.