Rittenhouse juror dismissal shows risk of bias in big cases

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The instance of the juror who was dismissed from Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial after he told a court security officer a joke about the police shooting of Jacob Blake captured the bias that can be damaging in criminal proceedings, experts say.

apparently was trying to be funny when he cracked to a court security officer about a police officer’s shooting of Jacob Blake, the event that set off the protests where Rittenhouse shot three people, two fatally.

“It wasn’t anything to do with the case,” the juror told Schroeder Thursday. “It wasn’t anything to do with Kyle.”The moment captured the bias — sometimes explicit, but often implicit or unconscious — that experts say is especially damaging in criminal proceedings. Jurors who may not see their biases as problematic or even realize they exist are asked to weigh witness testimony and ultimately decide a defendant’s fate.

In some places, courts and judges have taken steps to educate jurors, attorneys and others about implicit bias. Questions to potential jurors go well beyond asking if they can be impartial, instead asking about stereotypes they may hold or their interactions with others. Bennett, who wrote a jury instruction on implicit bias and has studied bias in judges, said Schroeder did the right thing in dismissing the juror. Any person who would joke about Blake while at the courthouse during jury duty doesn’t have “the kind of mindset a judge would want” on the case, he said.

 

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I ain't no Expert but Kyle will make fine Bitch in Prison😁

This judge is biased. He understands two people are dead but the dead should not be called victims, because prior to being shot dead by Rittenhouse they may have been rioters, arsonist and looters. This man should never wear a judicial robe. It’s obvious he’s not impartial.

It was an anti-cop joke, not a pro-Rittenhouse joke. How did the author of this piece miss the point of this tasteless joke? The unfunny punchline implies the police would have kept shooting Blake til he died, if possible.

AP is now adding more fuel to a upcoming explosive verdict of not guilt by self defense. The juror told a stupid joke, don’t paint all of them under that umbrella because the case doesn’t fit your narrative.

Why are white people so evil?

I watched a movie about the Chicago 7. That man looks like the actor who plays the judge in the movie.

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Please… this judge is biased. Kyle will either get off free or get a light slap and some mental health time. White Boys don’t go to jail when white men are the judges… Sad but true.

The alleged punchline of the joke was: “But he ran out of bullets.”

Hahahahahaha wowww

right. am i an expert now?

Maybe it shows the absurdity of the Anglo-American jury system…

Off to a great start.

I guess Dave Chapelle will never have to be on a jury then.

Jury of his peers amirite

Today’s comedians ought to be impressed, canceled after one joke ApartmentBoss

That juror should have said 'well your honor I'm going to have to dismiss you, because that 'rioters and looters' ruling of yours was some bullshit.'

But seriously how’s the temperature?

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FreeRittenhouse

Umm, don’t need to be an “expert” on this one. Just ask folks with lived experience.

Seems Kyle truly got a jury of his peers……

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