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2011-10-06 Home Front: WoT

Justice Department Official: Muslim 'Juries' Threaten 'Our Values'

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 If i have to go to trial and face a jury of my peers, muslims are way down on my preferred juror list. if that's considered a sinktrap offense, so be it.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2011-10-06 02:23|| 2011-10-06 02:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm surprised that someone has not created psychology tests of different pools of jurors to search for inherent bias and prejudicial decision making by different ethnic and religious groups. Such information would be invaluable to both prosecutors and defense counsels, as well as to litigation attorneys.

That is, set up a fake jury trial, a recreation of a previous jury trial, that is a "slam dunk" for one side or the other, and see if race or religion determines the outcome.

The only real difference would be the race and religion of the participants in the trial: judge, prosecutor, defense counsel, and litigants; and the jury pool. And that the deliberations and arguments of the jury pool, as well as *individual* votes, would be recorded.

What the study would be looking for are "absolutes".

For example, despite the evidence, would Muslims *always* vote to convict a Jew, a Christian, or an avowed atheist? Or would they *refuse* to convict a Muslim despite all evidence?

Such a psychological test, done under strict criteria, could be invaluable in upholding any semblance of just and fair law in the US.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-10-06 09:07|| 2011-10-06 09:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Inherent world views affect every decision we make, whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist, or agnostic. Islam and the US Constitution ARE incompatible; the question is what one truly believes to be true, as both liberty for all and intolerance of kufirs cannot logically be so. Glad someone in the DoJ gets it.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2011-10-06 12:06|| 2011-10-06 12:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Islam and the Constitution need not be incompatible, so long as Muslims accept that the laws of the land override Shariah, not the other way round. Christians, Jews, and followers of other faiths have come to terms with this. Those Muslims who cannot, do indeed unacceptably threaten our values and our way of life.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-10-06 12:28|| 2011-10-06 12:28|| Front Page Top

#5 I predict Siberia for this intrepid, and absolutely correct, official of the Eric "the Red" Holder Justice Dept.

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-10-06 12:46|| 2011-10-06 12:46|| Front Page Top

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