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Exactly. Saying "I will evaluate the officer's statements along with the other evidence produced to determine if his/her statements are factual" is not going to get you kicked off a jury.

If you say "You shouldn't believe anything a cop testifies to" will get you booted pretty quickly.



> Saying "I will evaluate the officer's statements along with the other evidence produced to determine if his/her statements are factual" is not going to get you kicked off a jury.

If you say this you won't be selected. Engineers and Scientists routinely get denied because of the application of logic.


>Saying "I will evaluate the officer's statements along with the other evidence produced to determine if his/her statements are factual" is not going to get you kicked off a jury.

You'd be surprised. The DAs/lawyers on the other side can see right through this, and don't want it. They want someone that is more likely to show blind trust to the law side.


I got to jury selection last time I was on jury duty and the prosecuting attorney straight up asked the prospective jurors, "would you believe the testimony of a policeman above the testimony of the plaintiff?"

And guess which answer got people dismissed?


I don’t like guessing. It only reinforces bias. Please complete your anecdote.


I had the opposite experience. There were a few folks that were trying to get dismissed with statements like that and ended up on the jury.

Remember the prosecution have a limited number of dismissals and statements like that are desired by the defense.




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