Reminds me of a story I read of some poor lady who was on jury duty who was trying to help out some folks who were going to be kicked out by their landlord. The family (a Mexican family I think?) were fortunate to be in a rent controlled apartment and the landlord wanted them out; he was looking for literally any excuse and unfortunately found it. There was a laundry room in the building that the lady of the family <used to do something with, I think something that got her laundry done for free>, but here's the kicker: everyone in the building used to do the same, she literally wasn't the only one but her family was getting the boot for it. Obviously the landlord wanted them out so he could raise rent for that apartment.
The lady on jury duty and one other lady were both the only 'not guilty' people on the jury, and she tried to plead the family's case to the folks and might have had a chance if not for some (lib? chud?) who insisted that the family had done wrong and had to go. She told them that basically they were going to create a homeless family, that they were going to consign the family to the streets, but the guy basically chewed her out and where she might have had a chance, this guy was basically telling her to be quiet and making light of her arguments. She failed to convince the other jurors, and they all got to go home (even the lib/chud) except for the poor family.
EDIT: Either the person posted this on the old chapo sub, or on late stage capitalism, but it was definitely posted on a left leaning subreddit.
Could have been a civil suit of some kind which would be majority. Also there may be a country or other jurisdiction where this sort of criminal case is a majority decision
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the rule for all cases; I was curious myself when I made my post so I looked it up and it seems to mainly be federal cases that require a unanimous vote.
I definitely remember this post. I think somehow it had a happy ending and the family found a place to live - or there was some kind of prologue to it - but I’m super fuzzy on the details.
Reminds me of a story I read of some poor lady who was on jury duty who was trying to help out some folks who were going to be kicked out by their landlord. The family (a Mexican family I think?) were fortunate to be in a rent controlled apartment and the landlord wanted them out; he was looking for literally any excuse and unfortunately found it. There was a laundry room in the building that the lady of the family <used to do something with, I think something that got her laundry done for free>, but here's the kicker: everyone in the building used to do the same, she literally wasn't the only one but her family was getting the boot for it. Obviously the landlord wanted them out so he could raise rent for that apartment.
The lady on jury duty and one other lady were both the only 'not guilty' people on the jury, and she tried to plead the family's case to the folks and might have had a chance if not for some (lib? chud?) who insisted that the family had done wrong and had to go. She told them that basically they were going to create a homeless family, that they were going to consign the family to the streets, but the guy basically chewed her out and where she might have had a chance, this guy was basically telling her to be quiet and making light of her arguments. She failed to convince the other jurors, and they all got to go home (even the lib/chud) except for the poor family.
EDIT: Either the person posted this on the old chapo sub, or on late stage capitalism, but it was definitely posted on a left leaning subreddit.
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Could have been a civil suit of some kind which would be majority. Also there may be a country or other jurisdiction where this sort of criminal case is a majority decision
Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the rule for all cases; I was curious myself when I made my post so I looked it up and it seems to mainly be federal cases that require a unanimous vote.
I definitely remember this post. I think somehow it had a happy ending and the family found a place to live - or there was some kind of prologue to it - but I’m super fuzzy on the details.