But That’s Only For Elections!

News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:

KENOSHA, WI—In a stunning reversal, Kyle Rittenhouse awoke this morning to discover that he had been found guilty after all.

Prosecutors explained that during the night, they had found dozens of mail-in jury votes declaring the defendant guilty on all counts. Apparently, boxes of these mail-in votes arrived in a truck at the courthouse around 3:00 am.

Attorneys for Mr. Rittenhouse were dumbfounded as to how such a thing could have happened, raising questions as to the validity of mail-in jury voting. They stated: “We’ve never heard of this. This isn’t part of the legal system. Where did these votes even come from?”

“How DARE you question the sanctity of our criminal justice system!” cried the prosecuting attorneys. “There is no justice until EVERY vote is counted!”

Go here to read the rest.  After thirty-nine years I am remarkably cynical about virtually everything to do with the law.  See too much, and it is hard to remain idealistic.  However one belief I had at the beginning of my career has stayed with me about the law.  I have always believed that juries can be an effective check on the power of the State.  Not always, perhaps not even most of the time, but the potential is always there.  Riots occurred in Kenosha because the Democrats controlling that city and the Democrat Governor of Wisconsin decided it was politically inexpedient to take the necessary steps to stop the riots.  Instead Kyle Rittenhouse was to be demonized, made a scapegoat and legally lynched.  That evil process was stopped in its tracks by jurors who listened to the evidence and voted Not Guilty, and that deserves to be celebrated.