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    3 months ago

    The whole jury would have to be made up of CEOs to achieve that. Any lawyer, even the worst one, could argue that they aren’t his peers making the selection invalid.

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      Here’s a question: how many people making more than $200,000/year or who are independently wealthy actually serve on a jury?

      I ask this because every jury pool I’ve been in was made up of working class people. Those too poor don’t vote and so aren’t on their lists, and those too rich always seem to have acceptable reasons to be excused, if they’re ever pooled in the first place.

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    3 months ago

    They managed to find enough people who didn’t already realise that trump is a lying, cheating pile of shit whip doesn’t have an honest bone in his body for his trial.

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    I don’t think that would be a hard requirement. If somebody can explain how they will be fair despite a negative experience with an insurance company and the prosecution is okay with it, then they can serve.

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    3 months ago

    Yes, people who haven’t had insurance or people who have it but don’t use it because they don’t know they can.

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    From Lemmy or your chronically online bubble? No, you can’t.

    In reality? Sure, absolutely.

    They’ll get Bill, the 67 year old boat repair man, who spends his free time drinking beer and fishing and still doesn’t really get the whole Internet thing.

    They’ll get Maria, the 38 year old administrative assistant who’s only form of media engagement is watching reruns of The Office.

    They’ll get Cadence, the 22 year old intern at her family owned business, who dreams of being a Trad wife and has always had her health insurance taken care of by others.

    They’ll have Mike, the 32 year old influencer bro, who is all about that grind lifestyle and makes videos on how to invest for his 15k followers.

    They’ll get Kathrine, the 72 year old church volunteer who only hangs out with her church friends, watches no TV, and has been living comfortably off her widow benefits for the last 10 years.

    None of these people have been following the Luigi saga. Some don’t even know his name. Some firmly believe things haven’t really changed much in the last 30 years and have zero clue as to the struggles people face today.