One could argue that if you fear serving on the jury because of later retribution that you have already disqualified yourself from dispassionate service since you've obviously already reached conclusions about the criminal tendencies of the defendent.

I was curious so looked up if he's actually Jewish.

He's not. His mother remarried when he was young, to a Jew, and he got stuck with the name. No idea if this step-father somehow contributed to later tendencies.

In the process of finding this information I ended up at a message board that doesn't necessarily condemn Silverstein's positions (that's a droll understatement by the way). They claim to be a non-violent Aryan organization. Their logo is a white pride flag with a peace symbol (the inside part anyway).

I now need to go scrub my brain.


Also, there is apparently a Jewish metalsmith named Tommy Silverstein. It is weird to do a search and get a mix of Aryan Nation sites and Jewish art sites.

Yes, I wouldn't argue with that. A sense of survival can do that.

trial is underway now.

news is describing defendants as ruthless.

32 counts of murder and assasinations.

"the gang would kill anyone who got in the way, or snitched on them".

added "jury is terrified to serve".

thank God GusGus is not on that jury!

the news is saying that security is extremely tight. (proving the extraordinary dangers involved).

there is not enough security that could possibly fully protect this jury from retribution. i feel so sorry for the jury/court officers. heck, i wouldn't even want to be media assigned to the story.

oh good Lord, why am i posting about this? uhh, never mind. carry on.

Thank Goddess

Thank Dog!
:D