Speaking of witnesses

[timelets]

Over ten years ago, a judge told my students in class, "American justice system doesn't guarantee you justice. It doesn't guarantee you fairness. It doesn't guarantee you equal access. The only thing it does guarantee you is a jury of your peers."

I don't think the situation has changed much since then.

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[juan_gandhi]

I remember a double murder case. Two young hispanic guys accused. The jury selected consisted of one white man and 11 white women. Peers indeed.

[timelets]

As you well know, we live in a color-blind world.

[tijd]

This also happened:

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday said President Trump is absolutely right to call the House impeachment process a “lynching.”
“This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American,” Graham said to reporters.
“I’ve never seen a situation in my lifetime as a lawyer where somebody is accused of a major misconduct who cannot confront the accuser, call witnesses on their behalf and have the discussion in the light of day so the public can judge,” he said.
Graham made his comments after Trump caused a firestorm by tweeting that the House impeachment inquiry is a “lynching.”
Graham backed up the president, saying, “I think that’s pretty well accurate.”
“I think lynching is being seen as somebody taking the law in their own hands and out to get somebody for no good reason,” he said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/466878-graham-backs-trump-this-is-a-lynching-in-every-sense

[timelets]

The thought that some people take Graham's verbiage about the processes of impeachment seriously makes me extremely pessimistic wrt the country's mental state.