Black Lives Matter questions bring in the 'undercurrent of race'īurris said it was also important to not forget about the “undercurrent of race” during jury selection. I think it’s an important part of our society," he said.
The final juror selected, an auditor who is friends with a police officer, also said he was "slightly" disappointed he didn't get to participate in jury deliberations after serving as an alternate on an unrelated jury several years ago. She said she's watched the video of Floyd's death only one time and was "super excited" to be called for jury duty. The second juror to be seated is a woman with an uncle who is a police officer in northern Minnesota. And it's relatively easy to do that, too, with just a little bit of lying." "Some people don't want to be involved and it's very easy to get off of the jury," Sampsell-Jones said. "But in a case like this, there are clearly a lot of people who really want to get on the jury. He added that jurors may be under oath, but they still may bend the truth. “He’s clearly a very good juror for the prosecution,” said Ted Sampsell-Jones, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in neighboring St. He “somewhat agreed” that officers might cover up use of force crimes on the questionnaire, but revised that to “no opinion.”
Under questioning, the outdoorsy chemist repeatedly revised his earlier responses to a questionnaire, which seemed to support harsher views toward the criminal justice system, to a more neutral stance. "The prosecution has the most to lose in this case, even though they have a lot of jurors disposed toward them," Burris said. Instead of being suspicious of the defense and predisposed to support the prosecution, in police cases they may be predisposed to favor the police. King, a Black man, was infamously beaten by white Los Angeles police officers 30 years ago while a neighbor recorded it with his Sony camcorder.īurris said that police cases flip the script for jurors. He added: "There are a lot of cases of jurors in famous cases writing books and becoming celebrities." Some experts, such as John Burris, a civil rights attorney who represented Rodney King, said he would be uneasy about people who are eager to get onto a jury. "That means they may have deep-seated notions about it.
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