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jfengelyesterday at 3:30 PM1 replyview on HN

The jury is selected randomly. They try to weed out obvious kooks, but there is no attempt to make it either reasonable or moderate.

The hope is that twelve of your peers will at least avoid being able to persecute you for political goals. I hope neither of us ever has to find out.


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ectosphenoyesterday at 3:38 PM

Have you ever gone through jury selection? It isn't what you think it is.

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