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- From: cwt@mitre.org (Carl Traber)
- Subject: Re: "Technicalities" (was The NYPD situation)
- In-Reply-To: cwt@mitre.org's message of Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:22:09 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:41:47 GMT
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- cwt@mitre.org (Carl Traber) writes, in response to an article by
- jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni) writes:
-
- [snip]
-
- You make me feel sick. I pray that, should I ever have to face
- charges in a court of law, that I get a jury that is as careful as
- we were. And from the conversations I had with other jurors while
- we were waiting to be selected (or not) for subsequent trials, I
- have every expectation that such careful consideration is the de-facto
- condition with juries, and not the exception.
-
- Please accept my apology for misspeaking (mistyping?). I should have
- said that it is your attitude that I detest. And that attitude is a
- sure-fire way to destroy what I perceive as a great guardian of our
- liberty, AS LONG AS JURIES CAN BE COUNTED UPON TO RENDER FAIR AND
- IMPARTIAL VERDICTS. Unfortunately, I have also heard of some
- communities where the distrust between black and white citizens runs
- so deep that black jurors are now routinely refusing to convict other
- blacks, in spite of overwhelming evidence of guilt. And this due to
- their stated perception of unfairness in the system vis-a-vis blacks.
-
-
- -- Carl Traber cwt@shockley.mitre.org
- My opinions, not MITRE's
-