The road to hell, it’s said, is paved by Idiot Lawyers on the Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court’s dangerous tampering with jury secrecy

By Post Editorial Board   March 7, 2017

The road to hell, it’s said, is paved with good intentions, and that holds true for a US Supreme Court ruling that essentially undermines the long-cherished and essential principle of secret jury deliberations.
Even the three conservative dissenting justices agreed that the court’s 5-3 opinion was “well-intentioned” and meant “to remedy a flaw” in the jury-selection system.
But as Justice Samuel Alito wisely noted, our system of trial by jury may not be able to endure “this attempt to perfect it.”

At issue was a Colorado man convicted of groping two teens. After trial, two jurors told defense lawyers a third juror voted guilty because the defendant was Mexican.

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