New Mexico Court Rules Non-English Speaking Citizens Can Serve On Juries

[OriginalShroom]

WTF???

A "Right" to serve on a jury?

Especially if you don't speak English well enough to understand what is being said. Where a guilty or non-guilty vote can depend upon the meaning of few words.

What about the Defendant's rights for fair trial? How can he or she get a fair trial when the Jury doesn't understand English?

What the hell is Liberalism trying to do this country?

New Mexico Court Rules Non-English Speaking Citizens Can Serve On Juries « CBS Las Vegas

The New Mexico Supreme Court is cautioning trial courts and lawyers that citizens who don’t speak English have the right to serve on juries.

The court issued the admonition in a ruling that upholds an Albuquerque man’s convictions for murder and other crimes in the bludgeoning death of his girlfriend and a subsequent armed robbery and stabbing.

Michael Samora’s appeal argued that his convictions should be reversed because a Bernalillo County judge excused a Spanish-speaking prospective juror who had trouble understanding English.

The Supreme Court says it agrees with that argument but also says Samora’s defense needed to object during the trial but didn’t.

The ruling issued Monday tells judges and lawyers that they must make reasonable efforts to protect the rights of non-English speaking citizens to serve on juries.

Is there any common sense left in the Judicial system at all?

 

[depotoo]

Is there any common sense left in the Judicial system at all?

In some areas, nope.

 

[Yurt]

they do in california as well