Dismissed Steven Avery Juror Tells PEOPLE Jury Members Were Related to a Local Cop and a County Employee

I don't know anything about this case but I'd like to say that I've been on many juries, both petit and grand, starting when I was very young. For whatever reason I got called religiously and since I lived in NYC there were always so many cases that even when I was excused from some, I'd always land on another. I also served as the foreperson on a 45-person grand jury (the judge laughed when I answered his call of my name in my jeans and Converse sneaks). I learned valuable lessons during those experiences. The biggest one? Our jury system does not work and whomever has the best lawyer will win. That is why the prison population is disproportionately composed of poor and minority people. However, we had a juror once who wouldn't convict because the defendant was black and she was black. That was fun indeed since we were sequestered and it ended in a hung jury because of her.

My point is juries are incompetent, biased, ignorant and frequently make poor decisions for those reasons. The OJ case was a prime example where the education level of the jury members prohibited them from understanding the complex DNA evidence. It was a debacle. And people who cannot afford pricey attorneys get sent to prison, innocent or not. Most people who have not had any contact with the criminal justice system have a hard time believing it is so corrupt so when they land on a jury, they tend to believe law enforcement people's testimony as gospel. It's a travesty more often than not, especially when it involves powerless minorities who get crappy legal aid attorneys. The system needs serious overhaul.