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1. mbg721+(OP)[view] [source] 2022-02-18 16:26:01
At what point would you waive the right to a trial-by-jury? I think about that from time to time; if I'm accused of something, what crimes are less sympathetic to my peers than to a judge?
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2. rayine+jm[view] [source] 2022-02-18 18:13:51
>>mbg721+(OP)
Your peers aren’t sympathetic to crime at all. A 2014 sentencing project report found that supermajorities of people (including both white and Black people, by the way) believe that the criminal justice system is “not harsh enough.”
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3. mbg721+Nn[view] [source] [discussion] 2022-02-18 18:21:30
>>rayine+jm
Those are the people who get out of the jury population. The ones who remain are scary.
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