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March 29, 2005

PLANET MORONIA: Jurists Gone Wild

 

 

 

Apparently we have a new exercise in noxious absurdity billowing this time forth from the Colorado Supreme Court in People v. Harlan. At issue, a murder conviction and whether the jurors who used a bible as their moral compass violated any of the standard rules preventing jurors from using information gleaned from sources outside a case (usually includes outside news accounts, etc.) to help them come to their verdict.

 

Never mind the numerous biblical references made by the defense in the trial along with those of their own witnesses and the defendant himself, apparently biblical morality can only be consulted to get a person out of a conviction. Also never mind the fact jurors are instructed to use their personal value systems as moral guidance in their decisions.

 

Two blogs have posted some interesting insights with their relative descants regarding the legal as well as the philosophical and religious aspects of this so I recommend your checking into them:

 

Legal XXX: “I Am the Law Thy Lord…”

 

Three Bad Fingers: “This Just In: The Bible is Distracting and Prejudicial”

 

 

Posted by Martin at March 29, 2005 09:54 PM

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