[Kathy in Alaska]

All the juries I've been on have been interesting...they just seem to come at inconvenient times. d:o) It amazes me how diffently 12 people can hear the same things, and not understand what breaking the law means.

1. This is what the law says.
2. This is what the person did.
3. They broke the law.

But, but, but...what if.... *sigh*

[Tanniker Smith]

Usually it's number 2 that's the problem, and you're not all sure what the person did, just what everyone says the person did.

Granted, there are times when you know and yet people are still idiots, probably because the lawyers are going for that jury nullification thing, which would never work with me. I'd save the "special circumstances" thing for the judge to consider when considering leniency in sentencing.