She must have some qualms about lying under oath.
I wish judges were more learned in the constitution...
but the liberal ones are more schooled in social activism than in protecting individual rights.
I hate yahoo news...
Here is a link to the story from The Denver Post from Feb. 27th:
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/27/investigator-jailed-robert-ray-death-penalty-hearing/
Bless this woman for standing with her faith.
https://themennonite.org/feature/early-challenges-capital-punishment/
It’s a valid mainstream belief in her faith. While I disagree with her belief, the judge was wrong to demand that she testify - completely ignoring her First Amendment immunity. This judge should be shamed, and if that does not bring him around he should be shunned by all who respect the counsel of elders.
The Mennonnites are a Anabaptist group out of Germany that are Biblical Pacifists an are opposed to the death penalty . They have been around since the 1500’s. I suspect she will stick to her guns she does not want to be responsible for someone to be put to death on her testimony.The groups is based on the writtings of Menno Simmons.
If she was an innocent bystander, who was drawn into the case as a witness through no fault of her own, I would have some respect for her stance.
However, she had no problem participating fully in the legal process as an investigator for the defense team in the original trial, trying to help a defendant who had murdered witnesses evade justice.
Now that the he’s been convicted of murder and appealing on the bogus grounds of ‘inadequate defense’, it suddenly offends her poor conscience to participate in legal proceedings. Another liberal with a selective sense of morality that always finds a rationale for siding with evil.
Let her rot in jail for as long as the law allows.