the one case that I was on, the defendant was charged with an additional small thing, on top of the several large things ze had already been found guilty for. I couldn't in all honesty be sure that the accusation was true - certainly the prosecution didn't convince me. I was certainly convinced that the *other* charges were valid. I was completely appalled when 10 of the other jurors wanted to convict, because the defendant was obviously guilty of *something*, even though they weren't necessarily even sure what the charge was! Fortunately a) I'm a stubborn bugger and b) I had support from someone else who is a stubborn bugger, and eventually we argued the rest of the room down.
Thus, I have a suspicion that there are a number of people serving sentences that they don't deserve, even if they have been Very Naughty about other things.
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Date: 2007-09-28 07:38 am (UTC)Thus, I have a suspicion that there are a number of people serving sentences that they don't deserve, even if they have been Very Naughty about other things.