Re: Former Fed Prosecutor Apparently Fine With Trump-Haters On Hush-Money Jury, Terrified A Trump Supporter Will "Sneak" In

Ubi's asinine crosspost cut

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Citation for the article plagarized by Ubi the shithead

Former Fed Prosecutor Apparently Fine With Trump-Haters On Hush-Money
Jury, Terrified A Trump Supporter Will 'Sneak' In
By Virginia Kruta
The Daily Wire
Apr 16, 2024
https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-fed-prosecutor-apparently-fine-with-trump-haters-on-hush-money-jury-terrified-a-trump-supporter-will-sneak-in

Former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin admitted that she was worried about
the prospect of a Trump supporter being able to sneak onto the jury in the
former president's Manhattan hush-money trial but shared no such concerns
that Trump haters might do so.

For her to advocate that it's okay if someone who hates Trump is on the
jury but someone who likes him should be barred is all the evidence
necessary to show that this woman should be disbarred.

Why do any of you watch this show, let alone watch any daytime
television? I had no idea she was a lawyer, let alone a former
prosecutor.

In America, we have secret ballots by law. I shouldn't be required to
reveal my partisanship on a jury questionaire. I might support or oppose
a politician who has been charged criminally, but that has nothing to do
with whether I would excuse criminal behavior. If I'm empaneled, then
I'm swearing an oath to consider the evidence impartially. I've already
got all sorts of opinions on all sorts of issues that could be related
to the trial, all of which I'd have to set aside when considering the
value of evidence presented.

And yes, it's going to be real hard for the prosecution to challenge
people merely for their votes in the last presidential election if they
were for Trump but not if they were for Biden. Both votes imply a bias
and I'd love to watch the prosecution try to make the argument that it's
totes cool to have a jury packed with people who are biased against the
defendant but not to even have one who's biased for him.

He can use his peremptory challenges as he wishes as he cannot challenge
for cause.