Posted by Hank Torres on 1/26/2008, 4:17 am
When average Americans on our local juries are open minded enough to be capable of seperating active gang members from past gang member participation or friends of gang members but not actively participating in gang activity,we might then have the ability in our courtrooms to have the clear vision needed to be able to decide criminal cases fairly.Lumping all these individuals together is just as unwise as mandfatory sentencing is in deciding how to punish convicted defendants fairly.Punishment based on fear of gang activity by local juries is not always going to afford real justice more than it will convict innocent citizens made to only look guilty by rogue DA's who know how to play this real fear to manipulate jurors into rendering guilty verdicts in order to attempt to protect our society from those who are really perpetuating violent street crime.
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