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Topic: how would you feel.....?
msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 06/06/13 09:12 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you?

jacktrades Joined Tue 09/11/12 Posts: 4395	Thu 06/06/13 09:19 AM Edited by jacktrades on Thu 06/06/13 09:20 AM
Both would be equal for me because my error would be ruining someones life.

renee2511 Joined Wed 05/15/13 Posts: 150	Thu 06/06/13 09:43 AM
both cases pathetic.. cursing myself every moment .. perhaps the later would cause much more pain to me..

MoonsDragonLionWolf Joined Wed 05/08/13 Posts: 818	Thu 06/06/13 09:46 AM
For me to do either of those things I'd have to be a heartless. So I wouldn't care.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 06/06/13 10:04 AM
I think, for me, the latter would be worse although both would feel rather crummy

Toodygirl5 Joined Fri 10/26/12 Posts: 14576	Thu 06/06/13 10:54 AM
Both would be equal.

soufiehere Joined Sat 10/24/09 Posts: 45345	Thu 06/06/13 10:59 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? As I would not be responsible for them being a murderer, I would not take on guilt for circumstances that followed. In the second scenario, I would have done the best I could given the facts so again, I would not take on that responsibility, later, in my mind. I could see attempting to make amends, if possible though.

Leigh2154 Joined Sun 10/02/11 Posts: 16479	Thu 06/06/13 11:16 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? As I would not be responsible for them being a murderer, I would not take on guilt for circumstances that followed. In the second scenario, I would have done the best I could given the facts so again, I would not take on that responsibility, later, in my mind. I could see attempting to make amends, if possible though. Agree on each point....No such thing as a perfect system and jurors do the best job they can with the evidence as it is presented.....To err is human, no system is perfect, and potential jurors are given ample opportunity to decline if they feel they cannot carry the burden of issuing judgement, be it right or wrong...

KiK2me Joined Sun 01/06/13 Posts: 8732	Thu 06/06/13 11:20 AM
I disqualified myself on being a juror In Michael Blaggs trial because i already KNEW he was a butcher and murderer.... And could not be fair and unbiased...

Leigh2154 Joined Sun 10/02/11 Posts: 16479	Thu 06/06/13 11:23 AM
I disqualified myself on being a juror In Michael Blaggs trial because i already KNEW he was a butcher and murderer.... And could not be fair and unbiased...

Mistweaver Joined Thu 06/06/13 Posts: 5	Thu 06/06/13 11:25 AM
responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison cause i can always try to track down the murderer and kill him myself cause i did the crime and i need to pay for it responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison that's just terrible if i had a choice in the matter i would do anything to free him even if it means my life in exchange

ridewytepony Joined Sun 04/14/13 Posts: 3697	Thu 06/06/13 11:27 AM
I disqualified myself on being a juror In Michael Blaggs trial because i already KNEW he was a butcher and murderer.... And could not be fair and unbiased... And thats how its done, if you cant follow I judges rule they will just kick you out

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48926	Thu 06/06/13 04:58 PM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? Well, there would be additional loss of human life if the murderer goes out and commits murder again.

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Fri 06/07/13 06:48 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? I would do everything in my power to make up for the error and make it right these days I don;t think many would go that distance

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Fri 06/07/13 06:51 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? As I would not be responsible for them being a murderer, I would not take on guilt for circumstances that followed. In the second scenario, I would have done the best I could given the facts so again, I would not take on that responsibility, later, in my mind. I could see attempting to make amends, if possible though. Agree on each point....No such thing as a perfect system and jurors do the best job they can with the evidence as it is presented.....To err is human, no system is perfect, and potential jurors are given ample opportunity to decline if they feel they cannot carry the burden of issuing judgement, be it right or wrong... if as stated in the OP you were actually responsible for a murderer going free (or Sophie) (no one is saying you are responsible for them being a murderer just for them walking)and if you are responsible that they went free than it is in fact your responsibility whether you choose to take it is another thing. I don't see how you couldn't though

sweetestgirl11 Joined Fri 09/12/08 Posts: 30087	Fri 06/07/13 06:53 AM
responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison cause i can always try to track down the murderer and kill him myself cause i did the crime and i need to pay for it responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison that's just terrible if i had a choice in the matter i would do anything to free him even if it means my life in exchange though the right thing to do is to provide evidence to the authorities rather than killing someone (that makes u no better than the murderer) I totally agree with your spirit of taking responsibility

TxsGal3333 Joined Tue 09/05/06 Posts: 76391	Fri 06/07/13 07:29 AM
On either case I would feel bad and would try to right my wrong.... so justice could be served in the end...

PacificStar48 Joined Tue 10/02/07 Posts: 13764	Fri 06/07/13 08:22 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? Well directly I suppose I would feel overwhelmed with guilt and fear because being around something like that would be very stressfull on many levels as my recent experience of being felony burgeliezed while I was home brought home very personally. You want to think you would do anything necessary to stop a murder but the reality is that survival often factors in. You turn in a drug trafficer or a gang banger you cqan end up dead yourself or worse. The fact that we often are part and parcle to murder in as much as we don't do more to stop crime and war in our world I sometimes feel pretty sad. The shocking statistics about crimes against children particularly bother me. In my work with Homeless Mother's I often wonder how the children must feel that more is not done to step in and protect them. if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? If the person were truely innocent I think I would feel pretty rotten. The sad fact is that a lot of the people who profess innocence of one crime have in fact committed many others. Having worked in the prison system and around excons I know most are not and pretty much never were "angels" so I don't know how many sleepless nights I would spend worrying about someone spending life in jail. Especially whien life in jail might be better than some of the alternatives that actually exist in "life". At least in the USA penal system. is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? The one most regretable to me is of course the first because I absolutely believe that anyone capable of murder is also capeable of a range of crimes and has most likely left a wake of misery in their path. There is never just one victim in a murder.

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Fri 06/07/13 08:30 AM
amazing the different perceptions we all have for me, I feel the opposite, I dont know how one would know that one has committed or will commit 'other' crimes, and I just wouldnt feel comfortagle convicting someone with that mindset that they 'probably' did other crimes those are alot of maybes, ifs, and probablys but once someone is in jail that is a DEFINITE<, that is taking someones freedom and family and livelihood from them,,,,,for something they have not done,,,,I would not be able to sit well with that on my shoulders,,,

oldhippie1952 Joined Mon 03/14/11 Posts: 22693	Fri 06/07/13 08:32 AM
if you were responsible for a murderer going free? if you were responsible for an innocent man spendig his life in prison? is there one that is more ,, regrettable, than the other to you? That is why I feel like there has to be incontrovertible evidence to sentence someone. Spending a life in prison without justification is horrid. Murderers go free all the time right now, so I think an innocent in prison is worse.