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Re: Jury duty

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(Sorry I'm not sure what to better title this post. And opening this as a separate post so as not to derail the original.)

As the 6yr old OP thread https://community.autism.org.uk/f/adults-on-the-autistic-spectrum/7928/jury-duty made me think about it, is there anyone who definitely would do jury duty?

I am always somewhat concerned that the "jury of peers" are too often not really peers in any meaningful sense and since while we are more likely to be victims of crime I always worry that an autistic defendant would simply by statistical liklihood be judged be neurotypical peers who would subconsiously harbour a bias against them. For that reason I have reflected and come to the conclusion I would rather join a potential jury at the risk of being the single non-unanimous vote just because if it was me on trial for any reason I would want at least one of the jury of my peers to be a peer in that aspect (a fellow autist) specifically.

Does anyone else hold any similar feelings?

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  • I'm also going to clarify because I feel it needs to be said, I'm not saying I would necessarily be an outright advocate but I would trust my own ability to be truly neutral much more than an allist perspective not only because I'm more likely to understand the motives of a fellow autist but also because when dealing with facts I go blank to a lot of other factors which I would like to at least ) believe shields me a little bit from some preconceived biases as I have always tried to take people on an individual basis. Even where areas of oppression are not the exact same, I know what it is like to be othered in regards to gender and disability. And it's not a patch on having the exact same experience ( I know) but I do find it helpful when empathising with others and putting "myself in their shoes" as best I can.

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  • I'm also going to clarify because I feel it needs to be said, I'm not saying I would necessarily be an outright advocate but I would trust my own ability to be truly neutral much more than an allist perspective not only because I'm more likely to understand the motives of a fellow autist but also because when dealing with facts I go blank to a lot of other factors which I would like to at least ) believe shields me a little bit from some preconceived biases as I have always tried to take people on an individual basis. Even where areas of oppression are not the exact same, I know what it is like to be othered in regards to gender and disability. And it's not a patch on having the exact same experience ( I know) but I do find it helpful when empathising with others and putting "myself in their shoes" as best I can.

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