because there are nutjobs out there who may try to harm them (Reply #7)

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 11:55 AM

7. because there are nutjobs out there who may try to harm them

Hell even on here you can see hatred for them, if you dont want people to vote due to the fear of what may happen to them you need to try to protect their anonymity.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
If a juror feels he or she made the right decison, why hide? [View all]	apples and oranges	Jul 2013	OP
They won't remain anonymous forever	Blackford	Jul 2013	#1
they are protected by law	AgingAmerican	Jul 2013	#90
This is vile. Please think twice and delete it.	cthulu2016	Jul 2013	#2
+1	markiv	Jul 2013	#4
+2	pintobean	Jul 2013	#8
What is vile? I didn't call for violence or revenge	apples and oranges	Jul 2013	#11
It is none of your business, thurthfully. The jury decision is privileged.	morningfog	Jul 2013	#17
+1000. nt.	premium	Jul 2013	#32
They don't owe you or anyone else an explanation.	kestrel91316	Jul 2013	#48
You (and people like you)	Summer Hathaway	Jul 2013	#84
No, because I am merely expressing an opinion. I don't wish them harm and am not calling for it.	kestrel91316	Jul 2013	#85
I didn't say you wished harm, or were advocating it.	Summer Hathaway	Jul 2013	#87
True, his comment was prejudice, but at least the Jurors get to live freely, as does GZ. -NT	Anansi1171	Jul 2013	#109
A person doesn't have to be a racist to misread	loyalsister	Jul 2013	#110
I wasn't the one judging them.	Summer Hathaway	Jul 2013	#112
Sorry	loyalsister	Jul 2013	#113
No problem.	Summer Hathaway	Jul 2013	#114
Simple	OwnedByCats	Jul 2013	#73
+3 n/t	X_Digger	Jul 2013	#21
+3	840high	Jul 2013	#25
+1	JVS	Jul 2013	#26
+... like a million. n/t	Agschmid	Jul 2013	#27
+3	YarnAddict	Jul 2013	#31
+!00	COLGATE4	Jul 2013	#58
+1	Tuesday Afternoon	Jul 2013	#68
+1000	rug	Jul 2013	#77
It has nothing to do with what the jurors' think	onenote	Jul 2013	#3
So that they aren't attacked	LittleBlue	Jul 2013	#5
Attacked by who? Can you name one instance where a juror was attacked?	apples and oranges	Jul 2013	#12
Physically, by the media verbally	LittleBlue	Jul 2013	#14
Indeed. Who would go for that?	RZM	Jul 2013	#20
They have been attacked in the social media already.	NaturalHigh	Jul 2013	#63
do you want a jury, or q jury and a mob?	markiv	Jul 2013	#6
I'm smart enough	SoCalNative	Jul 2013	#35
who do you think puts people like that on juries?	markiv	Jul 2013	#37
Ah, so your "it can't happen to me"	customerserviceguy	Jul 2013	#39
I have gotten out of jury duty, but I wanted to serve.	ZombieHorde	Jul 2013	#45
saying you are smart enough to	whistler162	Jul 2013	#46
You know what? It's people like you that lead to decisions like this.	X_Digger	Jul 2013	#51
+1000	Ms. Toad	Jul 2013	#80
I've served quite a few times- I consider it my civic duty, even when shitty timing.	X_Digger	Jul 2013	#81
Then you have no legitimacy to complain about the justice system.	Union Scribe	Jul 2013	#107
because there are nutjobs out there who may try to harm them	loli phabay	Jul 2013	#7
I think they need to remain anonymous	JustAnotherGen	Jul 2013	#9
Isn't this just a rehash of the pro-snooping argument?	RZM	Jul 2013	#10
More of a pro-leaker argument	apples and oranges	Jul 2013	#99
You seem to have entirely missed the point	Union Scribe	Jul 2013	#106
I strongly disagree with their verdict, I believe they got it wrong but...	Spazito	Jul 2013	#13
Actually, anonymity is a BAD thing in a jury system...	Demo_Chris	Jul 2013	#15
and when you get charged	ProdigalJunkMail	Jul 2013	#29
The same can be said for verdicts from anonymous juries...	JimDandy	Jul 2013	#55
That's always been a danger I suppose, but our system is based on sunlight. nt	Demo_Chris	Jul 2013	#88
and what if they HAD convicted him	ProdigalJunkMail	Jul 2013	#30
Trials are adversarial in their nature-there is ALWAYS	JimDandy	Jul 2013	#69
no... not by such huge swaths of the population	ProdigalJunkMail	Jul 2013	#75
What about organized crime trials?	delta17	Jul 2013	#86
Yes, I do actually. But in any case...	Demo_Chris	Jul 2013	#89
At this point it really doesn't matter.	Travis_0004	Jul 2013	#52
You think jury anonymity isn't absolutely required in certain cases?	Yo_Mama	Jul 2013	#70
thank you for expanding on the point I was too annoyed and fed up to make... n/t	ProdigalJunkMail	Jul 2013	#76
There are probably several million jury trials every year...	Demo_Chris	Jul 2013	#91
Ah, google is your friend	Yo_Mama	Jul 2013	#92
Sequestration is not the same thing...	Demo_Chris	Jul 2013	#95
Reminds me of the hooded judges in Peru	treestar	Jul 2013	#97
That would make it too dangerous	AgingAmerican	Jul 2013	#98
Seriously?	pipi_k	Jul 2013	#16
I think some of them may think it was the wrong verdict, but also saw they would be stuck for the	Mass	Jul 2013	#18
Lets say they think that...	NutmegYankee	Jul 2013	#19
Tell me you're serious.	lpbk2713	Jul 2013	#22
If they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear, right?	Orrex	Jul 2013	#23
Your answers are	pintobean	Jul 2013	#24
I agree with Cthulu, although I think it would be interesting if jurors were also asked to write...	JVS	Jul 2013	#28
Give them a while for tensions to die down...	tarheelsunc	Jul 2013	#33
How much money do you think it will take	customerserviceguy	Jul 2013	#41
Exposing jury decisions to "Appeal to the Mob" is fundamentally at odds with impartiality?	dairydog91	Jul 2013	#34
Some history, some civics, and thinking would seem to be in order.	TheKentuckian	Jul 2013	#36
Because they'll have threats against them.	NaturalHigh	Jul 2013	#38
Dunno, why aren't you posting under your real name? nt	Union Scribe	Jul 2013	#40
lol. (nt)	Inkfreak	Jul 2013	#61
I'm not affecting anyone else's life	apples and oranges	Jul 2013	#100
Heartbreak and Anger are powerful emotions	cleveramerican	Jul 2013	#42
When I served on a murder trial...	Contrary1	Jul 2013	#43
If we were a completely civilized society, knowing who was on the jury would be interesting...	BlueJazz	Jul 2013	#44
Because they just made the shoot 'em if you got 'em defense perfectly legal in Florida	Ruby the Liberal	Jul 2013	#47
Make sure if you serve on a DU jury to put your real name and other info	The Straight Story	Jul 2013	#49
+1 Someone might want to pay a personal visit, after all.	Hekate	Jul 2013	#105
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jul 2013	#50
because like George, many demented people find vigilantism acceptable	Skittles	Jul 2013	#53
The jurors are not on trial.	noamnety	Jul 2013	#54
Oh, they will come out of hiding as soon as there is money	rusty fender	Jul 2013	#56
That's my opinion also...	Callmecrazy	Jul 2013	#79
Fear at the backlash for their decision.	Rex	Jul 2013	#57
in other words, they are afraid of people like....Zimmerman	Skittles	Jul 2013	#116
The reason I would like to know more about their decision is because I would like to know what they	jwirr	Jul 2013	#59
Coming from someone who refers to themself only as "apples and oranges",	Nye Bevan	Jul 2013	#60
I don't think you are being serious. nt	NCTraveler	Jul 2013	#62
So says "apples and oranges"	jberryhill	Jul 2013	#64
Real name - butter and bombs.	Rex	Jul 2013	#71
No matter what verdict they render, there are a bunch of nuts on the other side.	FarCenter	Jul 2013	#65
I hope their names are released	Catherine Vincent	Jul 2013	#66
Because they will be the target of threats and media harassment?	Yo_Mama	Jul 2013	#67
Considering some those who have	OwnedByCats	Jul 2013	#72
It's because someone will go after them for their horrible verdict.	Apophis	Jul 2013	#74
The same reason people don't want other people knocking on their doors Saturday morning.	rug	Jul 2013	#78
They can have their anonymity.	Sheldon Cooper	Jul 2013	#82
Going by the law, they made the	OwnedByCats	Jul 2013	#83
(facepalm) Jesus Christ.	flvegan	Jul 2013	#93
Because crazy people who believe "they let a man walk" will attack them?	DirkGently	Jul 2013	#94
They're not anonymous, really. But do you blame them for not wanting to get out in the middle	Honeycombe8	Jul 2013	#96
"If a juror feels he or she made the right decison, why hide?"	Jenoch	Jul 2013	#101
So some idiot cannot retaliate against them, that's why.	Lil Missy	Jul 2013	#102
Dumb question. Really.	Hekate	Jul 2013	#103
They're not anonymous...	onpatrol98	Jul 2013	#104
I hope that only a few idiots loathe them.	Vattel	Jul 2013	#108
I'm betting there are quite a few	onpatrol98	Jul 2013	#111
Because they have families	mzmolly	Jul 2013	#115

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