How are we supposed to convene an impartial jury for a trial involving high profile political people? [USA]
Supporters of the person would just vote non-guilty and opponents would just vote guilty. It would just result in hung juries over and over.
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That's a bit cynical, isn't it?
I can still support a party or individual, but admit they have done something wrong. Likewise, I can oppose a party or individual, and find they have done no wrong in a particular instance.
It's exactly this blind following and absence of critical thinking or pragmatism that is causing the world to become so dangerously polarised.
While this is true that people can do this, the likelihood of it happening is very incredibly small. If something involves politics, the large, supermajority of people will reflect their bias regardless of if they agree to be impartial or not.
Its already difficult enough for people to be impartial when talking about various issues. But give them the ability to destroy a life of a person who thinks the way they hate? Not going to find anyone willing to be in that position that will not follow their own bias.
it's also why nobody is likely to change their minds about the out come. It's also very likely that even if some of the republican jurors are convinced, that there's at least one that won't be, without regard to facts or rule of law, or... you know evidence. (They'll probably scream something like it's their god-given-duty to stand for trump. Because you know he's the second coming of christ or something.)