Will Texas do the right thing?

[ScarletHayes]

Peers = normal citizens being "triers of facts" as opposed to the govt being "triers of facts."

The racial component, ensuring the jury looks like the defendant is not constitutionally required. If that was the aim/purpose of "jury of your peers"... eg finding 12 peers to judge a black bi-sexual female with a PhD from Yale, has 4 kids, divorce and remarried, who earns $800k/yr and owns a home in a prestigious neighborhood would be an impossible task. Defining traits that ensure/satisfy the "peer" component of a jury was met are never ending. Generally speaking, the jury pool reflects the community. Baltimore jury pools will be different than Madison, WI jury pools.

True.  I just figured his lawyer(s) would be good enough to get at least a couple of black men of similar background on the jury.  Makes me wonder if my hunch on it being a PD is accurate.

PD? The popo?

Public Defender.

[P1tchblack]

PD = how poor people are screwed by the system.

[ScarletHayes]

PD = how poor people are screwed by the system.

All those liberal lawyers "looking out for the little guy."  Bunch of damn phonies.  

Yeah, it's bad enough to be poor as it is anyway.  But whatever you do, don't be poor AND get into trouble with the law.  You done.

[P1tchblack]

PD = how poor people are screwed by the system.

All those liberal lawyers "looking out for the little guy."  Bunch of damn phonies.  

Yeah, it's bad enough to be poor as it is anyway.  But whatever you do, don't be poor AND get into trouble with the law.  You done.

True dat.