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Lux Aeterna
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2018
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- Location
- Chochenyo Territory, US
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- nb; all pronouns fine
- Basic Beliefs
- Jedi Wayseeker
So it is a moral issue, in that deciding they are guilty would make you feel bad? Or is the thought that the court and lawyers and so forth will see that you refused to serve on the jury and call off the trial, having suddenly realized that it is immoral? The wellbeing of the defendant seems centered in your thoughts on why the trial is wrong, but you aren't doing anything to prevent the trial or improve the fate of the defendant, only your personal degree of connection to those things.
Or are you thinking that a jury which is comfortable with the death penalty is more likely to give the defendant a fair hearing, and therefore more qualified to serve than you? This seems unlikely to me. People who are okay with state killings seem more likely to be biased against an accused person rather than for them, all things considered.
Or are you thinking that a jury which is comfortable with the death penalty is more likely to give the defendant a fair hearing, and therefore more qualified to serve than you? This seems unlikely to me. People who are okay with state killings seem more likely to be biased against an accused person rather than for them, all things considered.