Dorner admitted to killings, targeting lesbians for being 'misandrist' and defended Chick Fil-A

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57. On the contrary; to prospective jurors, that's exactly what it *must* mean

and anyone openly holding an opinion regarding factual guilt or innocence during jury selection would be excused, and rightly so.

Thankfully, enough people in the US feel that way even now to allow for change of venue in trials, or in cases prior to trial, such as this one, which have received a great deal more publicity than normal. I refuse to watch corporate television and cable news, period; I rarely read our local print newspaper simply because I spend my time in other ways. While there is virtually no chance his trial's venue will be changed to where I am- if the bloodthirsty mob that's after him even allows a trial, which is nothing close to a sure thing- I'm still willing to hold the integrity of the process as a thing both solemn and fragile.

Perhaps that's because, outside of my coworkers, a very large percentage (I'd guess around 80%) of the people I personally know and count among my friends have had dealings of one sort or another with our justice system. Such a thing, I believe, leaves one with a sensitivity toward fairness in criminal justice that is markedly lacking among those whose personal friends and acquaintances have had no such court involvement.

Or maybe it's because I'm just more fair-minded.

But don't call me blind. That's Lady Justice herself.