JoeMama
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Re: Should someone not be allowed to serve on a jury based on beliefs,race or ethnici
There was a classic study done about 50 or so years ago called "The American Voter" - to see how people vote.
Turns out about 40% (I would need a political science guru on this forum to confirm; It may be ~22%) are 'group benefit voters' - meaning they vote according to the candidate that supports their group.
Tocqueville said something along the lines of 'America is a nation of joiners'.
From this, I would surmise that Americans have the very big tendency to be 'biased' towards their respective 'group'.
By this logic, most of the people of the jury will unavoidably slant towards their group.
Makes sense?
There was a classic study done about 50 or so years ago called "The American Voter" - to see how people vote.
Turns out about 40% (I would need a political science guru on this forum to confirm; It may be ~22%) are 'group benefit voters' - meaning they vote according to the candidate that supports their group.
Tocqueville said something along the lines of 'America is a nation of joiners'.
From this, I would surmise that Americans have the very big tendency to be 'biased' towards their respective 'group'.
By this logic, most of the people of the jury will unavoidably slant towards their group.
Makes sense?