Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge
by BoxOfRain on Monday November 09, 2026 @04:11PM
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Ah I think there might be a trans-Atlantic difference here and we're talking past each-other a little. I'm in the UK where jury selection isn't really a thing, selection is at random off the electoral roll and the filtering is mostly based on who has a good enough excuse to not do it.
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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge
by Tostino on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:57PM
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That's essentially the exact same system as in the US.
Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge
by GJim on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:33AM
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Oh no it is not!
In the UK, lawyers do not get to pick and choose jurors; jurors are entirely random. The only way a juror can be 'excused' is if it turns out they are related to the defendent or something.
Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge
by themadturk on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:47PM
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Not quite. In every jury selection I've been through, there were people obviously chosen or not chosen for specific attributes, none of which had anything to do with intelligence, level of education, age, etc. Jurors were not chosen at random...only the initial pool of jurors was selected in any "random" fashion. American attorneys try to look for specific characteristics in jurors, depending on the circumstances of the case.