I really take a lot of issue with jury selection. Like, I’ve been put off of juries in child molestation cases because I know people who have been sexually harassed and assaulted, and I’ve been put off of juries in cases where the defendant is black because I acknowledge the police as being statistically proven to be biased against black people. But like, you’d have to be living under a goddamn rock to not be aware of this shit, and yet it’s grounds to boot someone from a jury. Like, yeah no one likes jury duty but I do think there’s something deeply inherently rotten about a selection process that sticks its head in the sand about very real widespread problems in our society for the sake of keeping the case itself ‘neutral.’ Like, when 1 in 5 women are getting sexually assaulted in their lifetime, and you’re kicking everyone off the jury for knowing someone who’s been sexually assaulted, who does that leave on the jury? People who don’t talk to women. People who don’t believe women when they talk about sexual assault. How the fuck is that a fair jury?
