Court decides if gay juror can be taken off case

Started by garbon, September 18, 2013, 09:44:15 AM

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DontSayBanana

Wah, wah, wah.  He's a court employee; in NJ, that would have him off pretty much any jury, regardless of his media or personal exposure to the case in question.
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: garbon on September 18, 2013, 09:44:15 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/court-decides-gay-juror-taken-off-case-095101591.html

For its part, Abbot argued, it bounced "Juror B" for three reasons, none having anything to do with his sexual orientation. Lawyers said they felt the juror's impartiality was compromised because he was the only potential juror who had heard of the SmithKline treatment in question, that he was also the only prospective juror who had lost a friend to AIDS and that he worked for courts.

As long as the purported reasons sound reasonable, how are they going to prove that he was really bounced just for being gay?
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