Time: Thu Apr 03 19:39:40 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA06959; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:49:07 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA04193; Thu, 3 Apr 1997 17:48:54 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 19:21:31 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Rookie training tape in Philly <snip> > >In a message dated 97-04-03 08:42:14 EST, rgivens wrote: > ><< Can any legal minds out there tell us whether this scheme would work? >> > >It wouldn't work in the City of Brotherly Love. I can tell you that, for >nothing. > >In Philadelphia, a video training tape for rookie prosecutors on picking >juries recently made the front pages of all the newspapers. The training >tape tells these new DAs to exclude teachers, social workers, doctors, >liberals, poor blacks, and anyone "smart" from the jury. > >Mr. Jack McMahon, the homicide prosecutor who made the tape, told the rookie >prosecutors that their mission was not to "get a competent, fair and >impartial jury," but to win. > >The jury nullification people would have a Field Day with this tape. > <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this ========================================================================
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