I was on a death penalty jury one time. It was 10-2 innocent/guilty. I was one of two guilty votes. I can tell you that logic is in short supply in society in my observation. The other 10 were hopping mad when they found out the other things the perp had done (just not in this specific crime) just before the judge dismissed us. Radio reports today still refer to Aubry as the black jogger in the white neighborhood.
I have been discussing this case since the first time it made national headlines (a year or so ago) and I am flummoxed by all the bad information people keep repeating, the lack of knowledge of important particulars, and the extremely poor reasoning ability, and that's just on Free Republic!
I thought that conservatives would be rational and knowledgeable, but I find many to be just as knee jerk and reactionary as liberals are.
And as you said, they swallow the line of liberal media crap that is fed to them and they don't even realize they have been fed false premises.
Radio reports today still refer to Aubry as the black jogger in the white neighborhood.
When I first heard of this case, I thought those guys were completely in the wrong, but after looking at the information which the media didn't tell us, it is now clear to me those guys should be seen as heroes. They did exactly the right thing, but the political winds were completely against them and the media lie machine went to work poisoning the minds of the people.
And of course, a lot of people who make up juries nowadays are gullible and only want to go along with the crowd.
It is a crap shoot whether you get a good jury or not.