Luigi Mangione is accused of stalking United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and shooting him to death on Dec. 4, 2024.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    In federal Court the judge has a lot more control in the composition of the jury., they even lead voir dire.

    They can pick a jury of all ceos if they want.

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      21 hours ago

      That would be a bold choice, and I don’t think it would work out well overall. In terms of the public response. And imagine the security, it would be locked down harder than any place in the world.

      Although in all seriousness, in a normal setting they might be challenged if they chose an all-CEO jury. You can’t fill a jury with the potential target victims of the crime that is being accused. It would not be seen as fair by any stretch of the imagination.

      If someone was a accused of targeting very tall men with pink hair, you couldn’t fill the jury with people matching that description. Any sane person in the legal business would call them crazy.

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      14 hours ago

      that would show extreme bias by the courts, its like an all white female jury against a black defendant.