During the OJ Simpson trial, we took a moment to discuss the selection process when picking the jury. One question that I had at that moment was, what's the thinking process behind the scene when the jury needs to agree on a verdict? Do they let their emotions take over their final decision or do they rationally discuss through the evidence and make sure they are taking the law in to count? On Youtube, there's this channel called Jubilee. They are a group of people who conduct social experiments and catch it on camera. This time they uploaded a video that captured the Jury's thinking process on a past case that already had a verdict. At the end of the social experiment, they need to come to terms with a decision; are they going to decide on the life or death sentence? The people in charge of the experiment gave them many chances to change their votes that will be the final verdict. From my perspective, I felt that their behavior and mindset were based on their emotional bias or political stand. The people who were against the death sentence felt as if they were murdering a person themselves and felt it was immoral, but others strongly felt that he was a danger to society and needed to pay for it by dying.
VideoLink: Jubilee - Can 12 Jurors Agree To Sentence Someone To Death?
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Jurors emotions can either be helpful to a case, or disruptive. It's important for jurors to maintain emotional connections when there are aspects of violence to the case that makes it necessary for jurors to empathize with victims. Emotions can also be created by irritation at fellow jurors, or from being pulled away from work, or an arbitrary dislike for the lawyers. It's difficult for juror selection to pick only completely ambivalent jurors, especially since jurors are unconscious of biases they may have.
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