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noiretextatique

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7. i believe that too: jury nullification

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:22 PM

Jul 2013

i was hopeful that it would not happen, but i know it did.
i did not grow up in the south, but my parents did and my extended family still lives there. some people want us to forget history and just pretend it's all post-racial now, but we know it is not true...it is nothing more than a self-serving fantasy. declare racism dead, then act really, really racist. that's been pretty much the rw strategy since the 70's. that idiot juror B37 said it all.

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Study Finds Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2013 OP

This one of the central problems with the judicial system in the US uponit7771 Jul 2013 #1

"Did not appear sophisticated..." love_katz Jul 2013 #2

Thank you- I think a lot of us have not considered the breadth of the exclusion of bettyellen Jul 2013 #3

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #4

People here are yelling at me because I believe that there was jury nullification in the Zimmerman Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #5

i believe that too: jury nullification noiretextatique Jul 2013 #7

sigh. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #6