I think there’s a difference between “complaining about posts” and noting that someone either never listened to a writing professor/teacher or never had a good one (specifically w/r/t length or verboseness =/= quality and is often the enemy of effective writing).

It’s like nobody ever told some of these folks that good writing involves having a first draft, then trying to cut that in half.

“I wasn’t suggesting he gets his 11 racist golf buddies to be on his jury.”

Thanks for sharing this.

We regret to inform you that the Lolwut Pear is racist.

I definitely hear you. I think we all think that our own expertise would be a boon to the serving of justice (I mean that not at all dismissively). I would assume it comes from a place of good mostly.

Also, the majority, rather than unanimity, needed to convict would actually help put the defendant away in this case. This post certainly seems a little half-baked.

“Peers” isn’t necessarily in reference to who the individual would associate with in social life. Rather, it has to do with station in life/fellow citizens.

So ostensibly the jury was hung twice and the state was successful at obtaining a conviction on the third try? If anything, the state’s willingness to go to trial three times would indicate a strong desire on the part of Oklahoma to obtain justice for the “daughters black boyfriend” who was “straight up murdered.”

Yep. It always bothers me when folks talk about a result in a trial they disagree with representing a “lack of justice.” A pre-ordained result is the very antithesis of justice.

The context of “jury of your peers” largely refers to common/general citizenry within the geography of the court. There are no racial tests formally attached to that statement, but I would assume modern interpretation would suggest that the jury pool should be generally representative of the community in which it…

While that sucks and I feel terrible for your friend, isn’t the blame for this predicament on the false accuser, not hypothetically racist jurors?

I’d say it’s a little more complicated than that. It’s not just that they want people “easily swayed,” but they want people without their own feeling of expertise in the subject matter. If the prosecution is presenting forensic evidence, for example, they don’t want a forensic scientist on the jury who might believe…

While I tend to agree with paying servers a regular wage, I assume the majority make more per hour with tips than they would with whatever low wage the restaurant would throw at them.

Is It Time For Tomas Berdych To No Longer Be Owned?

Eh, I like Olney, but that justification could be used to validate anything any plugged-in writer says. That’s a classic appeal to authority right there. I’m not saying he’s necessarily wrong about it, but I would need a bit more to feel comfortable labeling inaction as deliberate blocking.

Starting with the Pats first SB win, you have the following winners:

Just call it aioli and you’re classy as anything

+1 upside down copy of The Godfather

VeryHighAndTight***