Imagine you're charged with some crime and the trial is set for, say, next week. Whether you're guilty or not, you're entitled to a fair trial. The jurors are all interviewed in advance, to assure they enter the court with an unbiased, open mind...capable of weighing the evidence presented in the proceedings and not predisposed to a positive or negative verdict based on racial, political, gender, or any other prejudices. That's the way your trial should be conducted...should be.
I admit that I don't closely follow every item in the news. However, I did come across a little tidbit which I found to be disturbing. In the upcoming Senate, impeachment trial, various senators who are the actual jurors in this case, have already declared how they intend to vote...a week before the trial even occurs...before any witnesses have been called...before any evidence is presented.
Back to your imagined, upcoming case...if the prospective jurors had indicated any predisposed, biased inclination of your guilt or innocence...they would be disqualified from the jury pool immediately. What the hell is the point of a trial if the verdict is already known?
This Senate trial is a farce. It is not a trial at all...only politics as usual. Any senator who has already made up his or her mind should be excluded from voting in this trial. Maybe that would work.
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