Attorney asks to bar Jews from Taliban trial jury

[Solomon2]

As Dr. Pipes points out in his latest update, the judge rejected the request of the defense attorney:

“If any juror -- regardless of race, creed, national origin, sex -- can’t accept the instruction of the court ... that juror doesn’t belong on the jury,” Vitaliano said, according to the newspaper. link

That jibes with my experience: in America jurors are evaluated on the basis of their individual conscience, not their group identity. Jurors may be asked by the judge if they can put aside their prejudices and consider the matter at hand impartially. A juror who replies, "no" and explains why will likely be tossed off the jury.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

You would be a Daniel Pipes follower

 

[Shatterpoint]

A single event over the how many of the majority? I'm guessing the American citizen Anwar Alawaki would get a trial too, no? Oh wait, he was assassinated.

You're getting nowhere with this, Solomon. A barbaric two-faced double standard country is what I like to call America.

lol is that why Pakistanis and Arabs and Muslims in general run to the USA to make a better life for them and their families? No wonder there is so much hate towards the Muslims around the world.

 

[fallstuff]

There is nothing wrong in asking if the Judge allows it. These are pretty routine moves in judicial proceedings.