In The Potential Jurors In The Boston Bombing Trail

People stereotype everyday. Having stereotypes is to believe unfairly that all people with particular characteristic are the same. According to this definition most Americans stereotype people. People stereotype based on race, gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation. For example, stating all Hispanics are form Mexico or Asians cannot see is stereotyping. Throughout history people have been stereotyped for many reasons. Recently, in the media there have been several shootings and bombings and people think it because of religion. One of the biggest saying that going around is “all Muslims are terrorists.” In the Boston Bombing Trail a potential juror said she feel “he guilty because he is Muslims.” This is where the problem starts. They is a problem in society with using stereotypes to inform people’s opinions; moreover, it becomes a bigger problem when juries cannot put a side their stereotypes to determine a verdict. Case studies shows that juries have been stereotyping against the accused. With all this

The bombs exploded about 12 seconds and 210 yards apart near the marathon’s finish line. The two Bombers killed 3 civilians and injured an estimated 264 others. Dzhokhar Tsarnear, the one that survived is facing 30 federal charges. In the Potential Jurors in Boston Bombing trail, the lawyers had a hard time finding jurors without bias against Tsarneav. One potential juror states, “ she was biased against Dzhokhar Tsarneav because “he is Muslim.” In questionnai`re that was filled out by 1373 prospective jurors, 68 percent said “ they already believed that Mr.Tsarneav was guilty.” One of the prospective jurors wrote “ this kids from another country and kills innocent people!” The prospective juror are obviously being bias because the juror are stereotyping Tsarnev because of his race and because of where he come