Jury of you Peers?

Just a Thought

We are supposed to have a jury of our peers which has been adjudged on many occasions to mean that we have a jury that is representative of the population as a whole, to the best of the ability of the judiciary to accomplish.

Then on the most important trials that we can encounter the courts, both state and federal, purposely violate this precept with more than a small amount of malice.

What am I talking about? I am talking about trials where the death penalty is a possibility. In those trials the prosecutors are allowed to “pre-qualify” the jury by eliminating anyone who opposes the death penalty for any reason; religious, moral, or whatever.

Why is this not a jury of our peers? Quite simply because the majority of Americans oppose the death penalty. Thus you are eliminating the majority of people from the jury pool. Also, the majority of college educated people are against the death penalty. Thus you are eliminating the more educated from the jury pool.

Jury of their peers. If so, it is a sad commentary on the judicial system.

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