Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Juries - Are they Good or Evil?

Here is David Limbaugh arguing that American Juries don't know what they are doing.

"We must understand that the problem is not just trial lawyers preying on society -- though more than a few of them are. They can't file suit without willing plaintiffs, and they can't sustain their cases without receptive judges and sympathetic juries.

Sadly, these plaintiffs, judges and juries are simply a reflection of a society that has lost its fundamental appreciation for liberty and is following an inexorable path toward forfeiting all of it.
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Interesting that he lets the Lawyers off the hook, considering that the Law is his chosen profession. But here to argue that American Juries can be trusted in matters of life and death, we present David Limbaugh.

"Society has a vital moral interest in punishing wrongdoers (as prescribed by the jury). And can you imagine the wasted effort, energy and agony that went into working up these cases, prosecuting them and deciding them?"

So did you get that? If Juries are going to decide against corporate interests, they can't be trusted. But if they are going to send a man to his death, they must be the deciding word.

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