What's your opinion on this?

[enyawd72]

I narrowly avoided jury duty this past week, and after hearing the results today, boy am I glad.

The guy was on trial for the 1997 murder of a known drug dealer, which as far as I'm concerned is no big loss anyway. He was convicted yesterday and sentenced to 24 years to life. Here's the deal...come to find out he's ALREADY on death row for killing a three year old kid in a drive-by.

So, the "system" likely wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars, a public defender for the scumbag, not to mention five days of the jurors time, and for what? To convict a worthless scumbag already on death row of killing another worthless scumbag?

What a waste of time, money and resources.

[MIB41]

How pathetic. There's your tax dollars at 'waste'...again. Glad you got out of it though. I guess when the lever drops, he'll have a fuller resume' at the front gate.

[Sideshow Spock]

http://www.fox19.com/story/23286993/ohio-inmate-condemned-for-1-murder-convicted-again

[Hector]

I went to jury during perhaps three times, was picked once (but the case was dismissed before I officially served).

After that, I'd get summoned...and would ignore the noticed very time. I just got tired of being bothered, just dump all criminals into the Grand Canyon for all I care, lol.

No action was ever taken against me.

Now, after all my surgeries and medical problems, my personal physician exempted me from ever serving as a juror again...so no more jury duty summons for me.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR!

[HumanWolfman]

Why is he still alive?

[Donkey Hoatie]

See, I disagree. If someone commits a crime and someone else wants to prosecute, you prosecute. What if, at some point down the line, new evidence comes up that exonerates said person for the killing of that child? Or, some technicality was overlooked, and suddenly he's eligible for parole? While this doesn't happen often, it does happen. Now, you've got a guy walking the streets again because, well, apparently you don't think the life of a "known" (not convicted) drug dealer is worth prosecuting over. What if that drug dealer was trying to turn his life around? Heck, what if he had already turned his life around? At what point does his life become worth something again?

Two crimes were committed. A person stood trial for each one of them. That's the way it's supposed to work. We shouldn't ignore crimes that were committed, just because the victim wasn't a sympathetic one.

Just my $.02.

[Access]

Good Point. Justice should be blind. The second you start exempting murder because of "who" was murdered, it's a slippery slope to chaos.

[enyawd72]

See, I disagree. If someone commits a crime and someone else wants to prosecute, you prosecute. What if, at some point down the line, new evidence comes up that exonerates said person for the killing of that child? Or, some technicality was overlooked, and suddenly he's eligible for parole? While this doesn't happen often, it does happen. Now, you've got a guy walking the streets again because, well, apparently you don't think the life of a "known" (not convicted) drug dealer is worth prosecuting over. What if that drug dealer was trying to turn his life around? Heck, what if he had already turned his life around? At what point does his life become worth something again?

Two crimes were committed. A person stood trial for each one of them. That's the way it's supposed to work. We shouldn't ignore crimes that were committed, just because the victim wasn't a sympathetic one.

Just my $.02.

You're a better man than I am my friend. That's why I was excused from jury duty. I knew of the case and had zero sympathy for the victim, and even less for the defendant. At least I told the judge up front. He thanked me for my honesty.

[Mego MkIV]

I got Jury Duty 2 times the 1st time the company I worked for got me out of it.The 2nd time I was picked as an alternate but released from duty.

[ctc]

>To convict a worthless scumbag already on death row of killing another worthless scumbag?

And to parse through the evidence. You never know where something like this can lead, so it's good to put it all in order before putting the case to rest. (If it turned out he DIDN'T do it, that'd mean there was still a murderer out there.) And for closure. Even the biggest scumbag ever has a family, friends, people who care. You wrap up the murder case for them.

Don C.

[johnmiic]

I knew a guy who wanted to sue someone for a head injury he got in a car accident. It turned out the woman who hit him was a drug transporter,(?), and the FBI intervened and said the drug case supersedes your case. You can't take her to court for your car accident/head injury. But they let him do an out-of-court settlement for damages he received after they got a conviction on her. Not every case is the same I guess.