Quote (Thor123422 @ 27 Jan 2024 20:29)
It's also just incredibly dumb to believe that a city has a monolithic hatred. Jury selection is a thing and trumps lawyers were more than capable of finding biased jurors and exempting them.
Even I, a wannabe pundit couch warrior from a different continent, know that the defense can only reject a very limited number of prospective jurors.
https://nysba.org/NYSBA/Coursebooks/Fall%202013%20CLE%20Coursebooks/Basics%20of%20Civil%20Practice%20The%20Trial%202013/1_Jury_Section.pdfQuote
Technically, a peremptory challenge gives a lawyer the right to have a prospective juror
excused without explanation. Pursuant to CPLR ยง4109, in civil trials in New York each side has a
combined total of three peremptory challenges plus one peremptory challenge for every two
alternate jurors. While the trial court has the discretion to grant additional challenges equally to
each side, the number of challenges is still limited. It is for this reason that one of the main goals
of jury selection, regardless of sides, is the preservation of peremptory challenges.
So the whole lynchpin of your argument, namely the assumption that Trump was found guilty by a fair and unbiased jury, falls apart.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 27 2024 01:38pm