2007-12-14 10:53:55 · 6 answers · asked by An Inquiring Mind 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
After the Rodney King verdict, I saw a jury of all black people find Reginald Denny guilty, right in the streets. They pulled him out of his truck and sentenced him to a severe beating. That same jury found all the shop owners in the area guilty too, and sentenced them to a looting. Several cars were found guilty and were overturned and set on fire. Millions of dollars in windows and other property were found guilty and smashed all over the area. It was quite a sight.
I did not see anything similar from whites when OJ Simpson was acquitted.
2007-12-14 11:13:43 · answer #1 · answered by Me 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
If you figure the math, one out of 12 jurors would be about 8%. This means you would need an area that is 92% black just to have a jury pool that would give you a chance to select 11 blacks, let alone 12.
2007-12-14 12:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No, as that would be unconstitutional. The jury present during a trial must consist of peers of the person being tried. If a jury consisted of all black people and it was deciding on a trial centered around a white man, they would all be biased. So, there has to be some white people sitting on the jury.
2007-12-14 11:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by maisha 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
You're wrong, Maisha. Being tried by a jury that is not your ethnicity is not unconstitutional. Whites and blacks are peers, and it goes both ways commonly.
All white juries preside over black defendants more often than the reverse, but it is commonly the result of statistics; not the court attempting to load the jury. Blacks are statistically less likely to show up for jury duty, and they are a smaller population. Those 2 factors combine to make a heavier white:black ratio in juries.
2007-12-14 11:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by Xander Crews 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes.Don't know if you need a link.Google it.I know it to be true in heavily populated minority locations as the reverse is true.Jury pools are selected in general areas of the trial location.
2007-12-14 11:03:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so.
However, if a person is really tried by a jury of his peers, then why wouldn't a homeless vagrant be tried by other homeless vagrants?
Oh yeah, I guess it's like that "innocent before proven guilty" thing.
2007-12-14 11:13:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋