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> But hey, why worry about tainting the jury pool, right? Guilty!

How many people do you think follow that twitter account?

Even if half the citizens have prior knowledge of a case, you'd just pick the jury out of the other half.

It's in the news story. No one need follow that twitter handle just to see those pictures.

God my life would be so much easier if I could just choose which half of America the jury pool came from.

Jury selection is a thing and it is used heavily exactly for the goal you described. Usually the problem is that people with public defenders bullied by the prosecutors settle before even reaching a jury.

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