• leadore@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    True, even though it’s supposed to be a jury of the defendant’s peers, not a jury of the victim’s peers.

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      The concept of a “peer” has been fast and loose for a long time. All-white upper-class juries sentencing poor black men happens to this day.