r/law • u/bendubberley_ • 15h ago

Legal News The judge in the Lindsay Clancy case is admonishing jurors who are refusing to follow his instructions

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u/Neesatay 13h ago

This exactly. I was thinking to myself, "does he not realize a lot of people are really dumb and probably don't have any clue what he is saying?" Or maybe they screen for that in the jury pool?

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u/Academic_Flatworm752 9h ago

Well, both prosecution and defense get to pick jurors. Sometimes one side might purposely choose people who seem a little dumb or who are more likely to think in a certain way

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u/RedditBugler 8h ago

You have it backwards. People are screened off a jury, but nobody is selected to be on a jury. They go through the jury pool and find reasons to strike people. They don't actively select specific people. 

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u/mostlyallturtles 6h ago

lawyer here. in some cases you absolutely select specific people and backdoor your way into it.

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u/horangiwhakkatchi 4h ago

You don't actually 'select' then though right? It's more of trying to strike people you don't want, so that by process of elimination, you end up with who you do want? Or am I misunderstanding what you mean by 'backdoor'?

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u/jayriemenschneider 4h ago

They have to read a very specific statement that lays out the burden of proof. He isn't choosing his own words. If he were to editorialize, there would be a very easy argument for a mistrial / appeal.