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063 - RAW Jury
In this episode, Micah proposes a better way to reduce jury bias. K Sera has questions about how this may impact cases with evidence that implies particular sort of violence. Phil talks about a future where we can get coupons for socks.
Show notes:
Jury Bias (from the Midwest spectacle)
The Law of Small Numbers
We mention Adnan quite a bit
Pretty people and the Jury
K Sera’s Afterthoughts:
- Ultimately, I think Micah’s heart is in the right place. I understand wanting justice to be as fair and objective as possible, but making things clinical and removing ‘potentially charged’ context seems counterintuitive. I believe that some context is inherently important to understanding the true scope of a crime - particularly if it is racially or sexually motivated.
To ‘scrub out’ the context deemed irrelevant to ‘protect’ the accused and the victim, to me, sounds more like a disservice to reality. I can see where this might have some benefits in helping to eliminate unfair sentencing on the part of judge and jury, but my understanding of justice is that it isn’t really ‘true’ justice and never has been, and may never be. It’s imperfect, and we attempt to approach the ideal, but like with most things, we continue to fall short.
That isn’t to say we abandon that lofty goal. We should absolutely continue to strive towards the truest concept of justice we can manage, even if it isn’t perfect. We are improving, little by little. But each change we make should be well considered.
In the words of the great Terry Pratchet, “THERE IS NO JUSTICE.” There is only death in the end. That is the only truth that waits for us. In the meantime, we build our society on agreed upon lies and do our best to make our existences bearable until we meet inevitability. No justice. Just us. Just us and the decisions we make in an effort to do better, little by little, until we ascend or simply end.
Phil’s Afterthoughts:
-This episode was recorded in the Spring of 2021 (a year ago from the publish date). We still did not know of the Chauvin Case and the results.
-This episode is the first where the editor stopped editing after 6 minutes in. I told the editor that for Micah episodes, it’s probably best we just let them run unedited. You can now enjoy my terrible arguments as they were originally delivered: you are welcome!
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In this episode, Micah proposes a better way to reduce jury bias. K Sera has questions about how this may impact cases with evidence that implies particular sort of violence. Phil talks about a future where we can get coupons for socks.
Show notes:
Jury Bias (from the Midwest spectacle)
The Law of Small Numbers
We mention Adnan quite a bit
Pretty people and the Jury
K Sera’s Afterthoughts:
- Ultimately, I think Micah’s heart is in the right place. I understand wanting justice to be as fair and objective as possible, but making things clinical and removing ‘potentially charged’ context seems counterintuitive. I believe that some context is inherently important to understanding the true scope of a crime - particularly if it is racially or sexually motivated.
To ‘scrub out’ the context deemed irrelevant to ‘protect’ the accused and the victim, to me, sounds more like a disservice to reality. I can see where this might have some benefits in helping to eliminate unfair sentencing on the part of judge and jury, but my understanding of justice is that it isn’t really ‘true’ justice and never has been, and may never be. It’s imperfect, and we attempt to approach the ideal, but like with most things, we continue to fall short.
That isn’t to say we abandon that lofty goal. We should absolutely continue to strive towards the truest concept of justice we can manage, even if it isn’t perfect. We are improving, little by little. But each change we make should be well considered.
In the words of the great Terry Pratchet, “THERE IS NO JUSTICE.” There is only death in the end. That is the only truth that waits for us. In the meantime, we build our society on agreed upon lies and do our best to make our existences bearable until we meet inevitability. No justice. Just us. Just us and the decisions we make in an effort to do better, little by little, until we ascend or simply end.
Phil’s Afterthoughts:
-This episode was recorded in the Spring of 2021 (a year ago from the publish date). We still did not know of the Chauvin Case and the results.
-This episode is the first where the editor stopped editing after 6 minutes in. I told the editor that for Micah episodes, it’s probably best we just let them run unedited. You can now enjoy my terrible arguments as they were originally delivered: you are welcome!