The Law does NOT matter, This will be a Jury Trial and a Jury can do anything they want and White people know that.
Uninformed opinions do matter. Because if these thoughts can pop into the public s mind , then they can pop into the jury's mind just as easy. The Lawyers should be ready to clear these thoughts quick
Exactly. Shit, I admit I'd do what the fuck I wanted, fuck the law. If I feel something was self-defense, I give a fuck about your instructions. For example, if I'm part of a jury where a family's door was kicked in while they were watching tv, someone was assaulted, family was terrorized, and the father followed the perp outside and killed them, I'm not convicting of murder. Even though it would be murder in Ohio for following the perp outside the home. Fuck that.
Why do people think folks worried about jury intimidation if the law beats opinion? A criminal can get to a jury member and swing the vote regardless of the law.
And people won't admit they are bias and some can trick lawyers even with all the questions the lawyers ask potential jurors. And when you throw that shit on top of some of these incompetent prosecutors, shit can go sideways in a hurry.
If this jury is populated with earls and mary sues, these cacs get off.