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  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    make the prosecutor get rid of you instead of the defense lawyer. Any indication that you believe cops routinely make things up and plant evidence should do it.

    This is good advice I hadn't considered that.

    • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Thanks! Ideally, people with decent values would stay and try to get selected, but life circumstances don't always permit that. So the least you can do is try to make it cost the prosecution something on your way out. :party-cat:

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        For all that it's supposed to be a "Jury of your peers" they sure did structure it in such a way that poor people flat out can't afford to do it and rich people will simply get out of it. I wonder what the demographics of juries really are? I assume it has to be mostly retired people because who else can or would do it?

        • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          In my experience it's mostly workers in that middle-ish tier where you get some PTO, but not enough pull to simply not go.

        • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Pretty much, yeah. I happened to be just waiting for a few weeks before I could start my new job, so I actually was free and wanted to be picked so I could, ahem, do my civic duty, but unfortunately I didn't get a shot at being bland enough to not get rejected by either side.