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[quote=Anonymous]Personally know a man who was assaulted and robbed.  He had a companion with him.  He was pistol whipped.  Perp was caught right away and identified by both men.  He was also caught with the goods.  At the first trial, there was a hung jury because one person decided right off the bat that there would be no conviction.  The evidence was overwhelming.  There was a second trial and a conviction.  A juror from the first trial stopped the victim on the street one day and apologized for the hung jury.  He said that there was no way this one guy would convict the perp.  There were black people on both juries.  However, the one who refused to convict during the first trial was black as was the perp.

It probably works both ways, but the goal of the prosecuting attorney is to convict the guilty.  If he/she thinks someone is unlikely to vote for conviction, he will strike him.  That is his right and our justice system will suffer if you eliminate that right.  Just as the defense attorney also has the right to strike.[/quote]

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