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When innocent people are sent to prison, will all participants be held guilty before the true God?
I ask this because hundreds of individuals are being sent to prison by impatient juries who merely want to complete the process and get back to their daily activities, with little regard as to weather the person is innocent or guilty. According to the holy bible, all are liable for what they do and say concerning their fellowman. (Galatians 6:9)
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- jurydocLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Actually, the vast majority of people who end up in prison never even go before a jury. Only about 5-7% of all crimes are tried by a jury; the rest are plea bargained or otherwise negotiated sentences. Furthermore, your claim that "hundreds" of individuals are being sent to prison by impatient juries flies in the face of the actual research on jury behavior which indicates that, once seated, jurors take their responsibilities very seriously and do their very best with what they are given. And, finally, contrary to your statement that they have "little regard" to whether the person is innocent or guilty, as a matter of fact, many jurors experience symptoms similar to PTSD after serving on particularly difficult trials because of the trauma they suffer.
The vast majority of "innocent" people who have been sent to prison were sentenced based on inaccurate eyewitness testimony and/or prosecutorial misconduct, NOT juror decisions.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Held guilty for what, exactly?
The assumption by rational people is that the system works on the concept that people involved are acting in good faith. That means that the jurors believe that the police and prosecutors and judges and witnesses and forensics experts are acting in good faith based on proper police work and judicial procedure. And the prevailing assumption is that juries act in good faith in arriving at a verdict based on the testimony and evidence that is presented to them.
I believe you think too little of other people, and your disparagement of the motives you allege to them is a judgment that Jesus admonished people not to make. You are not Jesus, God or The Shadow, and you do not know what is in the hearts of others.
Perhaps you should worry more about that plank in your eye more than the mote you believe is in others' eyes.
- CiticopLv 71 decade ago
And your mysterious knowledge about what lies in the heart of people on juries comes from where, exactly?
I dispute your premise and ask you to provide documentation for your claim. I think that most juries take the process seriously.
Source(s): 9+ years Law Enforcement - Anonymous1 decade ago
And shall we assume that YOU know which is the true God?
Lots of Americans have different opinions about that.