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In reply to the discussion: Poll question -- You're serving as a juror... [View all]H2O Man
(73,715 posts)16. As I stated
in my original post on this thread, only one side of the case was presented.
There is a reason why every time a judge instructs a jury at the beginning of a trial, they tell jurors to wait until they hear all the evidence before reaching a decision.
This, too, is not a joke. I would like to assume that you would agree it is a valid instruction.
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I say give her the death penalty... at an Olive Garden... carried out by Pit Bulls.
Bucky
May 2013
#1
Cooked by a circumcised chef. Who owns a pit bull. That's neither spayed nor neutered.
11 Bravo
May 2013
#106
Ok, but don't come crying to me years from now when this thread has long since been archived...
Mr_Jefferson_24
May 2013
#22
Is it a no knock warrant? Were they serving it at the wrong address (not that that ever happens)?
rug
May 2013
#55
Your disregard for the officers' lives is shown by considering their deaths a reasonable response
muriel_volestrangler
May 2013
#96
In the USA, a reasonable person can interpret such a movement in that situation
muriel_volestrangler
May 2013
#107
Explain how you know the people at the door are real cops? What stops any intruder from....
Logical
May 2013
#56
I have never understood why shooting a cop who enters with a no-knock warrant would be a crime.....
Logical
May 2013
#76
I agree, if you knew it should be a crime. But a person woken up might not think clearly. n-t
Logical
May 2013
#83
What stops any intruder from kicking in your front door and yelling "police"? Nothing.
snooper2
May 2013
#102
Mrs. Youngblood's case is entirely different from the one you gave as an example.
pacalo
May 2013
#53
That's true but it doesn't say when she knew they were police, before or after the fact.
rug
May 2013
#95
The question lacks sufficient information to make a proper determination of guilt of innocence
Nimajneb Nilknarf
May 2013
#94