No.
And the circumstances are delicious – One can speak what one sees as the Truth without being seen as a Trump/Biden apologist. (Yeah, right – This ink-stained wretch will be seen as only half right, with the halves split about evenly. Even that is delicious.)
(Pontius Pilate: But what is truth?)
What is a fair trial? A fair trial is where:
1 – The government prosecutor is competent and presents a fair case using legally admissible evidence.
2 – The defendant is represented by competent counsel who presents a fair case using legally admissible evidence.
3 – The Judge applies the law equally and doesn’t favor either side.
4 - The jury either doesn’t know anything about the case or will put aside any knowledge they have and judge from the evidence.
You have those four things, and you may have a fair trial. Most importantly: A FAIR TRIAL DOESN’T DEPEND TO WHO WINS AND WHO LOSES.
Pretty simple, right?
The devil is in the details and the details make lots of trial unfair.
For example: Most readers will think that a fair trial for Trump or H. Biden depends on who wins. Obviously, if Trump is convicted and H. Biden is acquitted, they each got a fair trial. But, no, wait: If Trump is acquitted and H. Biden is convicted, they each got a fair trial. Maybe Jethro Bodine doesn’t have an opinion, but you do.
Admissible evidence is information which is both relevant and material. Relevant means the evidence tends to prove something. Material means what it proves has something to do with the case. I’ve heard that Booth shot Lincoln. But I wasn’t there, so my testimony is worthless – irrelevant. That Trump saved American/caused a million deaths in the pandemic or that H. Biden has used cocaine and hookers might be true. But it is not material, it doesn’t have anything to do with either case.
Let’s run down the list –
The prosecutors – The Prosecutor in each case will be competent and on their A-game. Whether they will be a little underhanded remains to be seen. Probably not, because everyone will be watching.
The defense counsel – Ditto.
OK, maybe the lawyers will try to get away with a little crap, but they won’t get far.
The Judge – Ok, now it gets a little sticky. Each is charged in Federal Court, and Trump also has state charges. Guess who appoints Federal Judges? The president. As in Trump, H. Biden’s dad, or somebody in their party. Almost everyone will think the fix is in on one of the cases. They may be right, they may be wrong, but they will believe it. Even if the fix is kind of in, the Judges will honestly not believe it in their hearts.
The jury is the big problem. The jury produces a “verdict.” That word comes from the old French word, “verdicto,” It means “True.” So a verdict means “True.” In every case, how does a jury determine what is true? No juror will be picked who was either at the January 6 patriotic event/seditious insurrection or who works for Burisma. That would make them witnesses, not jurors.
God, who knows all and sees all, does not appear as a witness. If you don’t believe in God, no problem – He still doesn’t come. The jury listens to the evidence from people who were there, sees videos, photographs, documents, and so forth. Then, they will decide not on Truth, but on what they BELIEVE the Truth is.
The jurors form a belief. We hope that the belief is true. Sometimes, it isn’t. Well, that’s just the breaks.
In Trump’s or H. Biden’s trials, if you get someone who has never heard of the cases, you have one dumb juror, a Jethro Bodine doesn’t watch the news and dreams about being a brain surgeon or a fry cook.
We’ll see three varieties of potential jurors.
One, some people will sincerely try to put their opinions aside and sincerely try to come to a fair verdict. They are wrong because they’ve been dipped in constant propaganda, but they’ll try. Moreover, the propaganda they have seen and heard was intentional. Both sides have been constantly announcing their talking points – disguised as news – since the cases came about.
Two, some people are narcissists. They think they are fair. But they will bring to the jury table a whole heaping helping of confirmation bias. They will accept evidence which confirms what they already believe and ignore the rest. Narcissists are tricky. They actually believe that they will be fair. They’d pass a lie detector. We’ll never know if we get a narcissist, even after they write their book at the end of the trial.
Finally, we will see out-and-out liars. Those people have zero intention of judging fairly and will lie to get on the jury. Some liars will be stupid and be exposed. If someone has expressed an opinion publicly, we’ll know what it was. We’ll have a constant flow of “good citizens” who will rat out the jurors. (Oh, the “good citizens” may be liars themselves.)
The public will never agree that Trump or H. Biden got a fair trial. It will all depend on who wins. Nobody wants justice. They want the rascal to go to prison and the innocent guy to be vindicated. Only the names have changed to protect the guilty.
A fair trial? Pull the other one.
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