• BatCountryMusicFan [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      I had an idea for a rpg once about a near-future society where jury duty lasts like five years. Like they lock you in a bubble village and cut off all your access to the outside world so that when you go to sit on a trial you have absolutely no foreknowledge of what it’s about.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      seriously, if you’d be unable to judge impartially simply for having read a news article about the guy, how could you ever be impartial in your judgement when you’ve heard the same story from his team of top-notch defense lawyers?