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fjdlwlv
on Feb 2, 2017
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John Carmack on expert witnesses and 'non literal'...
Educated and principled people are generally excluded from juries during voir dire because they are less susceptible to attorney's arguments.
crimlaw
on Feb 2, 2017
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The exception to that rule is when you have a couple slam dunk where your forced to go to trial because a prosecutor refuses 2 dismiss the case or offer an appropriate plea bargain. Its almost an insurance against their pervasiveness
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