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In reply to the discussion: Should Democratic Underground switch to seven-person juries? [View all]defacto7
(13,485 posts)I made an example in #74 followed by a number of comments that challenged my perception of who the jury is made up of. That's the little quandary I was talking about in my comment to you. It's not just the difference between 6 and 7 jurors as there are 4 possible personal factors that muddy it up and people have to decide who the jurors really are. Do the votes include the poster? Do the votes include the alerter? Do they include both or neither? I guess one has to determine their philosophical position on those issues before you can do the arithmetic. I posted my position and reasons above that I think make the point that the alerter is part of the jury vote but not the poster. Others try to make a point that it's like the US legal system which to me is illogical. Well, it just goes into a lot of personal opinions probably based on experiences and expectations of the system. I guess we all just have to decide accordingly.