General News Chat

[Jupiter]

Salmond's trial starts on Monday. Get the popcorn out.

[Red Zone]

Salmond's trial starts on Monday. Get the popcorn out.

What are the odds on a mis-trial after one of the jurors gets the virus

[Jupiter]

What are the odds on a mis-trial after one of the jurors gets the virus

How on earth are they going to get an unbiased jury?

[Red Zone]

How on earth are they going to get an unbiased jury?

Agreed. Of the 15 jurors statistically you would imagine 5 of them will be SNP supporters at least some of whom will be Salmonites rather than Sturgeonites, 6 of them will be non-SNP supporters and the final 4 won't give a sh1t about politics. Difficult to imagine a unanimous decision there albeit for criminal trials you only need a 8-7 split for a majority decision so no prospect of a hung jury at least

[Red Zone]

Agreed. Of the 15 jurors statistically you would imagine 5 of them will be SNP supporters at least some of whom will be Salmonites rather than Sturgeonites, 6 of them will be non-SNP supporters and the final 4 won't give a sh1t about politics. Difficult to imagine a unanimous decision there albeit for criminal trials you only need a 8-7 split for a majority decision so no prospect of a hung jury at least

Sorry meant to add that's before you through in the hertz v hibs supporter bit given the trial is in Edinburgh and he is a jambo

[InversneckieDob]

What are the odds on a mis-trial after one of the jurors gets the virus

Three can drop out and the trial can still run.

[Red Zone]

Three can drop out and the trial can still run.

Yeah but the reality is that if one got it, then all would be quarantined including possibly lawyers and court officials who have been in contact with the person and the trial scrubbed