Pro-Lautenschlager Democratic jury picked

I erred recently when discussing the upcoming trial of Chai Vang, charged with shooting six deer hunters. The trial will be in Sawyer County, but the jurors will be from Dane County.

That makes the question I posed even more relevant.

Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager is prosecuting the case herself. Lautenschlager, a Democrat, got 68% of the vote in Dane County in 2002. So the odds are that two-thirds of those jurors voted for her.

What kind of justice is that? How can Vang get a fair trial when the jurors are all Democrats who voted for the prosecutor?

Right now you are probably asking yourself: "Is Xoff nuts? (The jury is still out on that.) What's he talking about?"

That argument I just made is the same one State Rep. Scott Jensen (R-Not Convicted Yet) made last week to try to get a change of venue from Dane County for his political corruption trial.Earlier post.

Most people in Dane County are Democrats and voted for the DA who will prosecute the case, Jensen's lawyer said, so he couldn't get a fair trial there. The judge hasn't ruled on that yet, but if he rules in Jensen's favor it will turn the state's legal system on its head.