The Integrity of Jury Trials: Are We Letting Fear Decide Justice?
Survival isn’t always a deliberate, rational decision.Sometimes, it’s instinct.Fight or flight.Freeze or flee.Claw, bite, or play dead. In the wild, these responses keep animals alive. In the courtroom, they’re being weaponized to win cases. What should be a pursuit of justice—where facts, law, and reasoned deliberation determine outcomes—is being hijacked…