19 Ene It had been decided Ramirez would be tried separately because the expected ringleader regarding the criminal activity. The rest of the three is tried together.
Rivera remembers their sexuality being a large section of jury selection, with 1 / 2 of possible jurors increasing their hand when expected should they had been uncomfortable with homosexuality. The ladies had been told that their sexuality wasn’t said to be one factor into the studies, but homophobia is at the forefront of both.
The prosecutor painted the picture to the jury,” Ramirez remembers“At the beginning of my trial. “They stated, вЂClose your eyes, imagine a female that is lesbian her nieces to her buddies and holding them down, and doing all of these items to them.’ Needless to say when you look at the jury’s mind, they’re wanting to visualize it, plus it’s horrible. This can be their aunt, someone who’s designed to be loving and manage them. And here she actually is compromising them with their lesbian buddies.”
She claims throughout her test, they over and over remarked that it means she was capable of the crime, and that’s why her victims were female that she was gay, and insinuating. The exact same arguments had been mentioned when you look at the 2nd test.