DeAnnaMisrahi
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I sincerely believe that the jury should never be sequestered.
I believe the jury should never be admonished to avoid tv, social media etc.
I believe the jury has the right to learn whatever they would like about the case they are being charged to judge.
They can use their own judgment to decide what is pertinent to the case what is not.
In this way, when they make their final decision, there will be no regrets or sayings "but I never knew that" or "that was never brought up in the trial".
Enough of the defendants rights!
In my opinion the defendant is allowed too much and the victim is murdered again and again.
I disagree. Not everyone on trial is guilty. Someone can easily be railroaded in the media by people who have more resources than they have to fight it.
I know people think that the laws we have is to protect the guilty, but they have a lot more to do with protecting the innocent. The jury should only be influenced by things that are relevant to the crime. That system is not perfect, but it's already hard enough for someone who isn't a likable defendant to get a fair trial because they already have prejudices against them. Add the media to that then you might as well skip the entire trial and just send them to jail.