So when I got picked for a jury
for a domestic dispute between an African-American woman and her African immigrant boyfriend, during voir dire I watched the defense attorney chuck a woman for having worked a spousal abuse hotline and the prosecutor chuck every African -American he came to in the jury pool.
I think I was the last chosen because they had used all their strikes by the time they got to me.
(Or maybe I was just the biggest dumb shit because they made me foreman
)
When we went to jury deliberations I was shocked at how many had thoroughly made up their minds before we even had a chance to talk as a jury. (The women on the jury universally and for some vehemently sided with the boyfriend)
My other time going through voir dire for a case where a registered sex offender was allegedly a few days late updating his living location after a move (sure glad there was no other more important cases that day) included a potential juror answering “innocent people aren’t arrested”, after being asked if they understood someone is not considered guilty for being arrested.
Needless to say my faith in court system has been a bit shaken.