7212

I’m not complaining about the system, just pointing out the difference between theory and practice. Idealism doesn’t negate reality.

7213

Good point. Maybe we should take up the slack.:wink:

7214

Believe it or not, we all do.

7215

Sorry - i was responding to you thinking you were doug or spider, who I was having this discussion with.

How would you determine the jury pool is biased against Trump?

7216

All Jury pools are biased. As I said, that’s what Prosecutors and Defense Lawyers do … strive to seat a Jury that is biased toward their interests. But to your question … The political majority in every jurisdiction affects the bias of the pool accordingly. In a jurisdiction that voted heavily against Trump, the pool WILL BE biased against Trump. His Defense Lawyers have an uphill battle to get a Jury seated that is NOT biased against him.

7217

Well said. The one thing that most folks forget is that in the majority of states, the jury pool is quite large.
And both sides are offered enough time to complete the process.

7218

The population of the State doesn’t matter that much. The jury pool available for a specific trial is rarely more than 60 people. Those 60 are likely to proportionally share the same biases as are found in the population at large. And even if the Attorneys cannot agree on 12 Jurors from that pool, the Judge will be rue to give them more than a couple of dozen more to choose from. The best that can be hoped for are 12 honest individuals who will do their best to put their biases aside and vote guilty or not guilty solely on the law and on evidence.

7219

Threats are already not legal.

Calling someone engaged in election fraud a thug or criminal is not a threat. It is an opinion. I don’t even have to be manipulative and call it truth…which it is…

This is just more running around in circles and wasting time. The so called gag order is nothing.

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7220

But this is nothing new. Attorney’s have to deal with this in every trial - biases against cops, for cops, against POC, for POC, etc…

I was on jury duty about two months ago. They called in a pool of 250 jurors to seat 18. The case was a high profile double homicide. And they nearly went through all of them. Somehow, my number never got called. Was one of about 25 of the last people. four days of watching people get called out of the gallery, into chambers and either sat or sent home. Then half a day of attorney’s sending people home for their own reasons, and the process starting over for that empty seat.

The process will work fine for trump - assuming he has competent lawyers.

7221

I was once in the jury pool for a mob trial… the jury pool for that was hundreds of people.

7222

Last jury pool I was on my number was 1025. Time before that it was in 300’s

7223

Sydney Powell is pleading guilty.

So…. That’s fun.

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7224

Has anyone in trump’s orbit ever escaped unscathed? I can’t think of one.

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7225

Uh oh. That’s bad for Trump, right? I wonder if we will also hear from Chesebro today.

7226

Last I heard, he decided on a trial, but today, with Powell’s plea, he may change his mind.

7227

Wilbur Ross was able to be Secretary of Commerce while secretly having an international shipping interest with a close Putin ally.

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7228

Fani Willis 1, Team Trump 0.

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7229

:joy::joy: Powell has to write a letter of apology to the citizens of Georgia! Too freakin’ funny.

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7230

She is kinda getting off light imo.

She must have some good dirt to get the sweetheart deal that she is getting.

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7231

I wonder how many more will fold before their trials?