Jury Trials And Fear

The judge tells a jury how to decide a case, and the jury obeys. That is why it is wrong to suggest that because someone is a Colombian and the case involves drugs, the Colombian is going to be convicted. It is not true. The jury weighs the evidence, and where the evidence is sufficient, the jury will convict. Where the evidence is not sufficient, they will not convict. Even if some prejudiced jurors were to get through the screening process, all twelve could not get through–ever.

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