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#21 Apr 22, 2021 8:14 am
- Real Distwalker
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Re: The Verdict Is In
I think you have lost the plot in this thread Gripe. NH and I agree Chauvin is guilty and we agree the jury returned the correct verdict.
My point was that if, hypothetically, a defendant in the same situation were innocent, the jury would feel pressured to unjustly return a guilty verdict in order to avoid violence. I argued that is wrong.
NH responded that it may well be wrong but it likely can't be avoided in these high profile cases. I agreed with him.
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#22 Apr 22, 2021 7:02 pm
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RD, I understood the general conclusion that you and NH reached. That was not difficult. What I addressed was the unnecessary comment that suggested the jury may have been influenced by the political situation.
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#23 Apr 22, 2021 7:32 pm
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I am quite certain they were influenced by the political situation. Happily, that didn't result in the wrong verdict in this case. My concern is that that it often does.
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#24 Apr 22, 2021 9:21 pm
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"As a concrete example of the risks of groupthink, Cain mentions juries, in which the desire for social cohesion can sometimes short-circuit justice"
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#25 Apr 23, 2021 9:26 am
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Jury number 13 has now spoken. She would of voted guilty.
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