A Sentence to Fit the Crime?

Shawnee123 · 05-30-2008, 01:32 AM

Juries are swayed by a good lawyer...starstruck with the show. I could not convict a man for having sex with an almost "adult" by the standards of our society. Seriously...check out online videos. I don't mean to be cynical, but I am about this. How can you convict? If it were a much younger girl, of course. Now I'm wondering where the line is drawn. Who gets to draw that line?

Juries are easily swayed; the only requirement to participate in that process is that you are registered to vote, which gets you in the initial pool. After that, it depends on how well, or not well, you answer the questions from the defense or the prosecution. They argue about who gets on the jury.

Is this a perfect process? In no way is it perfect. It's what we have, but I could see me as the final holdout in a 12 Angry Men scenario; please let's keep presuming innocense because it is one of the few concepts that still sets us apart from other societies. I'm afraid we've lost sight of this and I know there has been much suffering due to the need to convict, to placate, and to end.

View Poll Results: The Sentence Should Be....
execution -violent/physical	2	20.00%
execution -humane/chemical	0	0%
castration -violent/physical	1	10.00%
castration -humane/chemical	0	0%
life imprisonment with labor/community service	0	0%
life imprisonment with counselling	0	0%
life imprisonment, no special conditions	0	0%
fixed term imprisonment with labor/community service	1	10.00%
fixed term imprisonment with counselling	4	40.00%
fixed term imprisonment no special conditions	1	10.00%
other (write in)	1	10.00%
Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll

05-30-2008, 01:32 AM	#9
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Juries are swayed by a good lawyer...starstruck with the show. I could not convict a man for having sex with an almost "adult" by the standards of our society. Seriously...check out online videos. I don't mean to be cynical, but I am about this. How can you convict? If it were a much younger girl, of course. Now I'm wondering where the line is drawn. Who gets to draw that line? Juries are easily swayed; the only requirement to participate in that process is that you are registered to vote, which gets you in the initial pool. After that, it depends on how well, or not well, you answer the questions from the defense or the prosecution. They argue about who gets on the jury. Is this a perfect process? In no way is it perfect. It's what we have, but I could see me as the final holdout in a 12 Angry Men scenario; please let's keep presuming innocense because it is one of the few concepts that still sets us apart from other societies. I'm afraid we've lost sight of this and I know there has been much suffering due to the need to convict, to placate, and to end. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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