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One of your rights when you go to trial for a criminal offense is that you get to have a jury of your peers. They are the ones who hear the case and then decide if they think you are guilty or not. What does it really mean? What is a jury of your peers? Essentially, it's just a way to get a fair ...
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One of your rights when you go to trial for a criminal offense is that you get to have a jury of your peers. They are the ones who hear the case and then decide if they think you are guilty or not. What does it really mean? What is a jury of your peers?
Essentially, it’s just a way to get a fair jury made up of citizens who could be considered peers of the person who is on trial. This is a way to reduce the chances of bias in the jury.
Wrong. Sorry.
The "jury of one's peers" is an English concept, meaning a jury composed of one's social equals in a class system: nobility for nobility, gentry for gentry, commonalty for commonalty.
Your citation is not law. It is somebody giving his or her reaction to this common but irrelevant phrase.
Here is the law. . .
"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,
by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law. . ."
--U.S. Const., Amdt. VI
That's it. Nothing about "peers" in an officially classless society (yes, I get the potential pun in "classless").
Nice dodge, by the way, so I'll ask again. . . Do you think that non-Whites cannot be "peers" of Whites?