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What is a biased jury? How can a biased jury affect a trial, and are there examples of this in books?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya is an outsider. The townspeople are afraid of her and her isolated life in the marsh. So when Kya is accused of the murder of a beloved boy in town, she and her lawyers fear that a biased jury will put her freedom at risk. See how a biased jury can alter a case\u2013even in fiction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Biased Jury and The Case Against Marsh Girl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A few days before Christmas, Kya motored toward Jumpin\u2019s before dawn. She was more cautious than usual, had been ever since the sheriff and deputy had started coming to her shack. When she got close enough, she could make out Jumpin’ on his chair near the store. She waved as she normally did, but Jumpin’ didn\u2019t move or say a word. After a second, he gave the slightest shake of his head. Kya slowed the boat, turned quickly, and headed back to her shack. Appearing out of the fog were several boats, one with the sheriff at the helm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya tried to lose the boats by heading out to sea. But there was no time. The boats surrounded her, and two officers jumped into her boat and detained her. Deputy Purdue said she was under arrest for the murder of Chase Andrews and read her her rights.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya was held in custody in the town\u2019s holding cells for two months. On February 25, 1970, she was led into a courtroom in handcuffs with her lawyer Tom Milton by her side. Tom had taken over for the public defender after reading about Kya\u2019s arrest. He was from the area and had heard stories about the Marsh Girl<\/a> over the years. He took her case pro bono, coming out of retirement at seventy-one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The courtroom was packed to the rafters with townspeople, everyone wanting a chance to witness the Marsh Girl in handcuffs, a possible death sentence looming over her head. Kya didn\u2019t look at anyone as she took her place behind the defendant\u2019s table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury selection started after the presiding judge, Judge Sims, announced that Tom\u2019s motion to have the trial moved for bias was denied. The judge turned to two rows of jurors and asked if they would have a problem sentencing Kya to death. No one raised their hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya recognized most of the jurors from town but didn\u2019t know their names. Two, however, she knew: Sally Culpepper, the truant officer from Kya\u2019s youth, and the preacher\u2019s wife, who\u2019d rushed her little girl away the night Kya and Pa ate at the diner. All the jurors agreed to not be biased.
Hearing about her possible death made Kya\u2019s breath catch. It wasn\u2019t that she was afraid to die. She was afraid of dying<\/a> by appointment at the hand of someone else. She\u2019d never relied on anyone for anything, but the thought that her freedom would be hijacked at the last moment of her life terrified her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was There a Biased Jury?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A few days before Christmas, Kya motored toward Jumpin\u2019s before dawn. She was more cautious than usual, had been ever since the sheriff and deputy had started coming to her shack. When she got close enough, she could make out Jumpin’ on his chair near the store. She waved as she normally did, but Jumpin’ didn\u2019t move or say a word. After a second, he gave the slightest shake of his head. Kya slowed the boat, turned quickly, and headed back to her shack. Appearing out of the fog were several boats, one with the sheriff at the helm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya tried to lose the boats by heading out to sea. But there was no time. The boats surrounded her, and two officers jumped into her boat and detained her. Deputy Purdue said she was under arrest for the murder of Chase Andrews and read her her rights.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya was held in custody in the town\u2019s holding cells for two months. On February 25, 1970, she was led into a courtroom in handcuffs with her lawyer Tom Milton by her side. Tom had taken over for the public defender after reading about Kya\u2019s arrest. He was from the area and had heard stories about the Marsh Girl over the years. He took her case pro bono, coming out of retirement at seventy-one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The courtroom was packed to the rafters with townspeople, everyone wanting a chance to witness the Marsh Girl in handcuffs, a possible death sentence looming over her head. Kya didn\u2019t look at anyone as she took her place behind the defendant\u2019s table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jury selection started after the presiding judge, Judge Sims, announced that Tom\u2019s motion to have the trial moved for bias was denied. The judge turned to two rows of jurors and asked if they would have a problem sentencing Kya to death. No one raised their hands. Immediately, Kya feared that this was a biased jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya recognized most of the jurors from town but didn\u2019t know their names. Two, however, she knew: Sally Culpepper, the truant officer from Kya\u2019s youth, and the preacher\u2019s wife, who\u2019d rushed her little girl away the night Kya and Pa ate at the diner. All the jurors agreed to not be biased.
Hearing about her possible death made Kya\u2019s breath catch. It wasn\u2019t that she was afraid to die. She was afraid of dying by appointment at the hand of someone else. She\u2019d never relied on anyone for anything, but the thought that her freedom would be hijacked at the last moment of her life terrified her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Jury’s Verdict<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kya\u2019s supporters, including Scupper, who\u2019d shown up in court a few days earlier to support his son, were impatient for the verdict. Tom told them he couldn\u2019t predict how long the biased jury would deliberate or what their verdict would be but reminded them that even with a guilty verdict, the fight wasn\u2019t over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The jury asked for documents twice. The first was the bus drivers\u2019 transcripts. The second was the coroner\u2019s transcript. The hours dragged, and as her support team sat unsettled, so did Kya in her cell. She had lived a life of loneliness, but waiting for the verdict created a sensation like she\u2019d never known. Thinking of never seeing her beautiful marsh again made her feel more alone than before. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At four o\u2019clock the same day, the jury had a decision. Tom delivered the news with a solemn expression. A verdict this fast didn\u2019t bode well for Kya. The townspeople clustered back into the courtroom, which was at capacity within ten minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge Sims asked Kya to rise. Jumpin’ and Mabel clasped hands. Tate leaned as far as he could toward Kya\u2019s back. The energy in the room had shifted from before. The salivating eagerness of community to condemn Kya was gone. Now, most people stared at the floor. Tom\u2019s words had shown them their folly. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the verdict of not guilty echoed through the breathless courtroom, everyone had different reactions. Kya\u2019s supporters gasped with relief, cried, and hugged. Other\u2019s comforted a sobbing Patty Love. Some grew angry, demanding an explanation and pointing the finger at the ineptitude of Sheriff Jackson<\/a>. Others showed a similar disappointment, but inside, they were overjoyed. These few included Mrs. Singletary, Mrs. Culpepper, and Pansy Price. Soon, the roar died down, and people left the courthouse to return to their regular lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luckily, the biased jury at Kya’s trial didn’t convict her. Many people believed Kya murdered Chase. Others, including those on the biased jury, believed that the sheriff had acted rashly based on his prejudice for marsh girl. Either way, this example in Where the Crawdads sing shows the high stakes possibilities of a biased jury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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