Our jury selection process, voir dire, allows attorneys to strike a prospective juror who has expertise in the issue before the court. This has led to some idiotic rulings in the music industry.
There are far worse problems in our legal system than this boneheaded aspect of voir dire, but as a musician I want to speak up for other musicians who have suffered unfair trials.
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