Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 2:39:00 P.M. EDT
GRA: I posted this last night; a little extra info:
I checked out CourtTV’s coverage of the jury selection tonight and the big story was, they finalized choosing 14 jurors, with the breakdown as follows:
12 regular jurors and two alternates (with two more alternates to be chosen.)
Of the 14 jurors, 5 were men—9 were women.
9 were under 50 years old, 5 were over.
8 Whites, 4 blacks.
The prosecution used all its strikes to dismiss White potential jurors, while the defense split it down the middle.
Whoever said “all lives matter,” was eliminated.
Juror #14’s interview was played—she was a social worker who would seem sympathetic to the prosecution. She’s a White woman in her late 20s.
Just a cursory review would seem to indicate, no chance at all, of all 12 jurors agreeing one way or the other.
I’ll be watching.
--GRA
David in TN said...
Isn't it something that some trials are moved along at lightning speed?
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 3:59:00 P.M. EDT
N.S.: Bloody amazing what the system can do when its bosses, who the rest of the time insist that their hands are tied, want to get things done.
4 comments:
The big problem with jury trials is that the judge orders the jury how to think about the case and what rules they have to follow in order to shape the verdict. During jury selection the potential jurors are asked if they will follow the judge's instructions. If they say no, that they will vote what they think is right even if the judge tells them to do other wise or if they think the law itself is unjust, then they get thrown off the jury. I know, a number of years ago I was ordered to report for jury duty. I argued with the judge talking about how juries refused to obey the fugitive slave laws and prohibition and how at Nuremberg the court found that obeying orders was no defense--and I was thrown off the jury. But if you lie and say you will obey the judge and later don't, you can be jailed for contempt of court. The justice system in this country is broken.
TO STOP GANG SHOOTINGS,GRAND RAPIDS DECIDES TO THROW AWAY 200 THOUSAND ON "OUTSIDE HELP FROM CHICAGO".
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two new developments were revealed Tuesday as the city of Grand Rapids tries to rebound from a violent 2020.
Police are now patrolling neighborhoods differently and Grand Rapids city leaders are bringing in some outside to help reduce gun violence.
The city’s Office of Oversight and Public Accountability recommended Cure Violence. Founded in 2000 in Chicago by a former World Health Organization official, the group approaches violence in much the same way public health officials approach disease. It enlists members of the community to help develop and implement programs.
Cure Violence was chosen over two other crime reduction organizations.
“We compared what we thought was the best things for Grand Rapids, looking at what we heard from other communities, also looking at the basis of the program and how it would operate here in the city, and saw it as the best way to move forward,” said Brandon Davis, who heads Grand Rapids Office of Oversight and Accountability.
The city is still working out a contract with Cure Violence. Last year, the commission set aside up to $225,000 over the next 3 years for such a program.
GRA:We see how well Chicago is doing the last 20 years since Cure Violence started there.This is nothing but a gimmick--the best way to cure violence is to remove the cause of violence from neighborhoods--by bribing blacks to leave the city(lol)or making it known you don't want them around through serious law enforcement.You definitely would not proceed with passing bills that memorialize black thuglets(Breonna Taylor),like the city commission did in Grand Rapids.
On the bribery idea,I wonder how much money it would take--per negro-- to pay enough blacks to leave Grand Rapids?It would be worth it over the long haul.
--GRA
ANOTHER FINE WHITE ACTOR OF YESTERYEAR PASSES--GEORGE SEGAL DIES AT 87 FROM COMPLICATIONS OF BYPASS SURGERY
LOS ANGELES (AP) — George Segal, the banjo player turned actor who was nominated for an Oscar for 1966’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and worked into his late 80s on the ABC sitcom “The Goldbergs,” died Tuesday in Santa Rosa, California, his wife said.
“The family is devastated to announce that this morning George Segal passed away due to complications from bypass surgery,” Sonia Segal said in a statement. He was 87.
George Segal was always best known as a comic actor, becoming one of the screen’s biggest stars in the 1970s when lighthearted adult comedies thrived.
But his most famous role was in a harrowing drama, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”, based on Edward Albee’s acclaimed play.
He was the last surviving credited member of the tiny cast, all four of whom were nominated for Academy Awards: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton for starring roles, Sandy Dennis and Segal for supporting performances. The women won Oscars, the men did not.
To younger audiences, he was better known for playing magazine publisher Jack Gallo on the long-running NBC series “Just Shoot Me” from 1997 to 2003, and as grandfather Albert “Pops” Solomon on the “The Goldbergs” since 2013.
“Today we lost a legend. It was a true honor being a small part of George Segal’s amazing legacy,” said “Goldbergs” creator Adam Goldberg, who based the show on his 1980s childhood. “By pure fate, I ended up casting the perfect person to play Pops. Just like my grandfather, George was a kid at heart with a magical spark.”
In his Hollywood prime, he played a stuffy intellectual opposite Barbra Streisand’s freewheeling prostitute in 1970’s “The Owl and the Pussycat;” a cheating husband opposite Glenda Jackson in 1973’s “A Touch of Class;” a hopeless gambler opposite Elliot Gould in director Robert Altman’s 1974 “California Split;” and a bank-robbing suburbanite opposite Jane Fonda in 1977’s “Fun with Dick and Jane.”
--GRA
"Juror #14’s interview was played—she was a social worker who would seem sympathetic to the prosecution. She’s a White woman in her late 20s."
Social workers are "with it". You can count on her to be sympathetic to the negro. That they have such concern for the negro is one reason why they are social workers to begin with. Who would not want to be "with it"?
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