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| ▲ | DrBazza 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Maybe? The judge, and the lawyers involved have the right to reject jurors that might prejudice a trail. |
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| ▲ | ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes, but that's a lot easier to manage in a county that doesn't have only 30k people in it. | | |
| ▲ | DannyBee 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | They applied for change of venue 3 times, lost all 3 times, and appealed it to the north dakota supreme court, and lost there too. Overall, they could not make the showing necessary. I read the motions and responses, and was not particularly impressed with their arguments for change of venue. |
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| ▲ | hrimfaxi 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Lawyers don't have unlimited removals though. | | |
| ▲ | staticautomatic 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not peremptory strikes, but you have unlimited removals for cause (and admittedly a steep appellate hill to climb if they’re unfairly denied) | | |
| ▲ | cucumber3732842 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You're gonna have a hell of a time construing a quality (energy sector or few steps removed employment) as "cause" when it's applicable to a large minority if not majority of the jury pool. The judge might allow it, but the odds are long and the next judge will certainly allow an appeal on those grounds so you probably don't even gain much except time. | |
| ▲ | ohyoutravel 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Voting for Trump is not “removal for cause.” Though maybe one could use that as an indicator of bias/stunted brain development that would be cause, I’m not sure, I’m not a lawyer. |
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| ▲ | reenorap 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Did you feel that the jury in New York City (76% voted for Biden in 2020) that convicted Trump of falsifying business records similarly corrupt? |
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| ▲ | asah 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | lol, nothing to do with Biden - Trump soiled his brand in NYC over 4+ decades of screwing people over, not paying bills around town, "strategic bankruptcies" etc. It's telling that "trump" buildings rebranded in NYC... | |
| ▲ | ceejayoz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | NYC has a… slightly larger population to pull from, which makes the chances of being recognized at the store quite a bit lower. Convicting Trump doesn't throw half of NYC onto the dole, either. | |
| ▲ | watwut 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | To be honest I am willing to believe that Trump voters are more dishonest and more willing to be unfair then Biden voters. |
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| ▲ | parsimo2010 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| North Dakota voted 67% overall for Trump, this is not too far from being representative of the general population. Considering that anyone who is openly hostile against energy companies is going to be removed during selection I don’t see the jury as the issue. Edit: and considering this was the Southwest district, looking at results by county, 75% seems about right. This isn’t necessarily a biased jury in the sense that selection was unfair, this is probably the makeup you’d get with a fair selection. https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/north-dako... |
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| ▲ | ceejayoz 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | People can hide their biases (or claim they can set them aside, which will often be acceptable during jury selection), and in a county with 30k people you're gonna run into people who recognize you at the grocery store a lot. This certainly wouldn't have been a pressure-free scenario. It can be quite hard to get a jury to go against a locally powerful large employer in a small town. |
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