Jury Verdict Illusions: Prosecutorial Tactics and Historical Injustice

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0:19 Speaker 1: But a jury found them guilty.

0:21 Speaker 1: Non-thinking individuals often declare but a jury found them guilty.

0:26 Speaker 1: Non-thinking individuals often declare Well then, with that simple logic, nazi juries that sentenced Jews were correct and the Jim Crow-era lynchings in the Deep South were carried out under the guise of justice.

0:36 Speaker 1: Consider Seattle, washington.

0:38 Speaker 1: When Christianity is in the crosshairs, there's little doubt about what the outcome will be Jury selection joke.

0:47 Speaker 1: Washington state prosecutors once told a jury pool that jury selection is a dog and pony show.

0:53 Speaker 1: This is why you never, ever hear a whisper from prosecutors calling for jury reform.

0:59 Speaker 1: Prosecutors never cry out for stricter laws to obtain top-tier jurors.

1:05 Speaker 1: Informed jurors would create stronger, more critical thinkers, and that is precisely the kind of jury prosecutors don't want.

1:15 Speaker 1: Prosecutors around the country have thousands of tricks up their sleeve, backed by black-robed judges, to create the best fools for the state.

1:25 Speaker 1: So you never, ever hear a whimper about jury reform.

1:30 Speaker 1: The informed juror threatens the prosecution's power, which is why the police, prosecutors and judges typically oppose such reforms.

1:40 Speaker 1: Whether prosecutors, police or judges need a not-guilty verdict for a cop on trial or a guilty verdict for someone they've targeted, jury selection remains an absolute joke.

1:53 Speaker 1: This is why God instructs us never to follow the crowd.

1:58 Speaker 1: Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.

2:01 Speaker 1: When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

2:07 Speaker 1: Exodus 23, 2.

2:09 Speaker 1: Prosecutors and Jury.

2:12 Speaker 1: One of the most extensive legal farces within the court system is a jury's verdict of guilty or not guilty.

2:20 Speaker 1: Why?

2:21 Speaker 1: Because juries are only as sound as the society and community.

2:26 Speaker 1: They're drawn from Stupid in, stupid out, and prosecutors and judges know this.

2:33 Speaker 1: They actively seek out stupid in to guarantee stupid out.

2:38 Speaker 1: But a jury found them guilty is just a lazy statement used to avoid critical thinking.

2:45 Speaker 1: Consider this In Nazi Germany, courts often found Jews guilty.

2:50 Speaker 1: In the post-Civil War, jim Crow, deep South minorities were often found guilty.

2:57 Speaker 1: Does that make the verdict correct?

3:00 Speaker 1: In Seattle Washington, a jury found a Christian church and one of its members guilty when their beliefs caught the attention of hostile prosecutors.

3:09 Speaker 1: And now you know why.

3:11 Speaker 1: King County prosecutors call jury selection a dog and pony show.

3:16 Speaker 1: Do not be shocked when you hear of the jury verdicts that acquit guilty cops or crush innocent individuals.

3:23 Speaker 1: The jury pool is a children's waiting pool to the legal system.

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