Deference to the Defense - thoughts stemming from recent trials

[*michaelsean*]

(11-17-2021, 06:11 PM)Sled21 Wrote: The Presumption of Innocence must be maintained and at all times, and mob rule never allowed to alter justice. Of course, in reality we all know that this doesn't happen. The 24 hour news cycle blasts what they want you to hear all day and all night, and do not broadcast what they don't want you to hear at all to sway public opinion. MSNBC for instance, carried the whole prosecution argument in the Rittenhouse case, then did not cover the defense. This is why we need judges who will stand on the rule of law as written and not waiver on it.

I'd hate to be a juror in some of these trials.  Anyone even hinting at a threat to a juror should face severe punishment.  It should be taken as seriously as a threat to the President.