Death Penalty

[Kyuuketsuki]

I may be being a big thicky here but does your opening statement that I referred to not mean that you would be " fine " with cp if it were always 100% certain that you were actually executing the right person? That's what I think you mean and if you do then that puts you in the cp camp doesn't it? Under those circumstances, of course.

And I repeat that to view what I said that way takes my remarks out of context as the part of the sentence (and indeed the rest of the frakking post) explained.

Re. costs, ever heard of legaL aid? I see ordinary people every day in my courts represented by very able barristers. Engaging the best silks is the perogative of the very wealthy....and I couldn't give a tuppeny fuck about them. In short, you exaggerate the significance to support your case.

Have you ever tried to get legal aid? It's means tested you know ... I couldn't damn well get it and I am not wealthy.

So you would test would-be jurors? Sounds like something Hitler's Germany would have had. Only the master race need apply, huh. Quite distasteful, in my view and so against the concept of a trial by your peers. And you want to test judges as well for " expertise "! Law IS their expertise, don't you know. They don't need any other specialist knowledge, they are there to apply the law of the land.

Simple objective situational testing.

OF COURSE you need to consider jurors that can understand science and economics ... I do not believe I could be an adequate juror on a trial that involved financial crime because I don't understand (don't really want to understand) the financial system. I would however be an excellent juror on a trial that included significant and detailed science based testimony ... the fact is that some people simply DO NOT Understand such evidence.

I have already intimated that I do not entirely agree with the concept of trial by ones peers and you know what you can do with your implied master race accusations?

Judges are human too and potentially every bit as biased as the rest of us.

You haven't explained why you were unhappy at the verdicts in your cases by the way.

No I haven't and I am not going to ... firstly it would take too long (I'd have to detail the cases) and secondly I suspect I am not supposed to.

Kyu