brucejoel99
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Political Matrix E: -3.48, S: -3.30
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« on: May 08, 2021, 03:05:57 PM » |
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If Trump's defense counsel has yet to use up all of their allotted peremptory strikes, then I don't imagine that I'd be able to make the jury, given that I'd actually be able to follow along with the attorney's arguments, the presented evidence, the witness' testimony, etc., so the only scenario in which I can make the jury is one where Trump's defense counsel has already used up all of their allotted peremptory strikes by the time at which I'm submitted to voir dire questioning.
In that scenario, I don't imagine that I'd end up being struck for cause either, because while my not being able to politically stand Trump is something which I obviously have no problem admitting, I don't think that being the case would prevent me from nevertheless being able to be impartial during the trial. Given that the standard at hand would obviously be "did the prosecution prove their case that the accused committed the offense with which they've been charged beyond a reasonable doubt?," I'd be there to merely judge the presented arguments, evidence, & testimony, as opposed to the accused's personality aspects &/or the politics thereof with which I may have even been familiar prior to the trial, & I know that I'd be able to separate my personal feelings about Trump from an impartial analysis of everything that's presented by the prosecution & defense. Maybe others couldn't (for example, my mom is such a vehement anti-Trumper that I wouldn't reasonably expect her to serve impartially as a juror in a Trump trial), but that's a separate matter at the end of the day.
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