(February 14, 2021 at 4:36 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(February 14, 2021 at 4:11 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Only if there are 12 Democrats on the jury.
Odds are you will get at least one dyed in the wool ( R ) who would delight in simply pissing off the ( D )s.
Prosecutors WISH they only had to make that easy 2/3 majority that is needed in the Senate.
Actually, the 'odds' are just the opposite. While political affiliation doesn't de jure prevent someone sitting on a jury, it absolutely de facto does. The odds of finding a Trump-sympathizing juror in DC are about 18 to 1 against.
Of course, his lawyers could argue that Trump can't get a fair trial in DC, but this would put them in the charmingly embarrassing position of having to admit that the DC vote was valid.
Boru
How do you figure that?
It's like a black man trying to get a fair trial in Klan country.....
How does that "admit the vote is valid"?
Prejudice against the defendant by the jury pool is exactly why they have change of venue....
