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JJChambers

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4. There was such an outcry

Reply to Maraya1969 (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 10:49 PM

Feb 2014

Many posters here jumped at the opportunity to label the jury as racist. That appears to have been irresponsible and premature. Clearly the various jurors who have spoken publicly indicate that race was NOT a factor during the deliberations. The jurors followed the law, the instructions, and convicted Dunn on the strongest counts. They were hung on the one count that Dunn really put up a defense against.

Fixing the disparity between conviction rates for whites vs blacks doesn't mean we need to make it easier to convict whites, we need to ensure that blacks are given the same level of reasonable doubt. Out criminal justice system is designed to make convictions difficult. We shouldn't make it easier to convict ANYONE.

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I think racism is a lot more covert than I used to. [View all] Maraya1969 Feb 2014 OP

They were following the law and the instructions provided by the court. elleng Feb 2014 #1

Pawning off responsibility on technicalities is intellectual laziness. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #2

Applying the law has nothing to do with technicalities or laziness. elleng Feb 2014 #3

It very often times has a lot to do with both. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #5

For those who are too lazy to bother to understand, maybe. elleng Feb 2014 #6

I understand the argument for legal incrementality. I don't agree with it in its entirety. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #11

Fuck the "law". Dunn is murderer. cheapdate Feb 2014 #9

but still may have been subject to their personal biases kwassa Feb 2014 #8

'May' have been, of course, elleng Feb 2014 #12

There was such an outcry JJChambers Feb 2014 #4

Or, conversely, we need to make it more difficult to get away with murdering black men. Gravitycollapse Feb 2014 #7

Thank you. elleng Feb 2014 #10

If those were white kids in that car would the verdict be different? Maraya1969 Feb 2014 #13

if those kids were white pothos Feb 2014 #18

i agree, there was a black hispanic woman in the zimmerman trial and i believe she was pressured JI7 Feb 2014 #14

Certainly true shaayecanaan Feb 2014 #15

The jury members who have spoken out had voted for conviction kcr Feb 2014 #16

Paralysis by analysis 1000words Feb 2014 #17