Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
> >
> > Ah, so you think that jury members identities should be public knowledge
> > for terrorism trials? How naive.
>
> Yes, but I also think that (a) jury service should be voluntary, and (b)
> conviction doesn't necessarily have to be unanimous. Given both of
> those reforms the risk of retribution is minimized. In reality, though,
> even under the present system criminals rarely target prosecutors, judges,
> and juries; typically a criminal defendent who loses will blame his own
> counsel, and occasionally one or more witnesses.
Given trials like the half dozen of John Gotti that he escaped
conviction by bribing one or more jury members, etc and the degree to
which the terrorists act like organized criminals, I can hardly expect
any different result.
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