• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    10 hours ago

    Not really. I mean sure some jurors may not like a defendant because of their race, but the court process seeks to mitigate these issues. For example there are 12 jurors and a unanimous verdict is required. The hope being that the majority of jurors will be able to convince a few racist ones to set aside their prejudism.

    This isn’t really a reason to just throw out the whole process and make trials popularity contests.