07-02-2013, 11:12 AM
I don't need a photo collage, Jim. I remember it all. Some of the jurors do as well. They could have avoided being selected as jurors if they were afraid of what happened in the past or afraid of what some predict might happen in the future.
The final jurors claim that they are able to disregard those factors and are not afraid. I don't believe that you know better how they think and feel than they themselves.
The public outcry and demonstrations in regard to Zimmerman not being charged, the words of Sharpton and Jackson a year and a half ago, the passionate opinions for and against Zimmerman... none of it would affect my ability to sit on the jury and respect the sworn oath.
I would be perfectly able not to consider those previous external factors nor to try to predict future public reaction as a consideration in verdict deliberation.
I am not exceptional. I have no problem believing that the six women who made it on to the jury can do the same, despite your insistence otherwise.
I disagree with your notion that if the jury delivers a Manslaughter conviction, it will be because they were afraid to acquit so they lied to avoid public backlash. But, I'll expect to hear that tune over and over again if Manslaughter is the verdict.
If the jury acquits, no need to pose another theory proclaiming to read their minds again and attempting to explain how your theory today was simply misunderstood.
I already get where you're coming from. I find your position to be presumptuous and unreasonable. Differences of opinion, that's all.
The final jurors claim that they are able to disregard those factors and are not afraid. I don't believe that you know better how they think and feel than they themselves.
The public outcry and demonstrations in regard to Zimmerman not being charged, the words of Sharpton and Jackson a year and a half ago, the passionate opinions for and against Zimmerman... none of it would affect my ability to sit on the jury and respect the sworn oath.
I would be perfectly able not to consider those previous external factors nor to try to predict future public reaction as a consideration in verdict deliberation.
I am not exceptional. I have no problem believing that the six women who made it on to the jury can do the same, despite your insistence otherwise.
I disagree with your notion that if the jury delivers a Manslaughter conviction, it will be because they were afraid to acquit so they lied to avoid public backlash. But, I'll expect to hear that tune over and over again if Manslaughter is the verdict.
If the jury acquits, no need to pose another theory proclaiming to read their minds again and attempting to explain how your theory today was simply misunderstood.
I already get where you're coming from. I find your position to be presumptuous and unreasonable. Differences of opinion, that's all.