UltimateDeadpool
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I saw this post by a member of another forum:
People get on Naruto about this mindset as well. People let their personal feelings for characters sway opinion of them.
It happens ALL the time in criminal justice. People end up aiding and abedding criminals because these people aren't Saturday morning cartoon villains, they are friends, brothers, sons, boyfriends, etc. They are "normal" people. There are people that know them, like them, and care about them despite whatever it is that they have done.
When arrested, criminals get off the hook or a slap on the wrist during the trial process because of the personal feelings of those involved. Not all the time, bust most of the time juries have to reach an unanimous decision in order to find a defendant guilty of not guilty; if the event that a unanimous decision is not reached, it's called a hung jury and they start the trial over again with a new jury.
I am explaining this because jurors can have various reasons for not all agreeing on whether or not someone is guilty and it's not necessarily a decision based on the facts as if the trial were a math problem, the decision can be based on their feelings for the defendant. That's one of the reasons lawyers will play so heavily on the sympathy card, or other times the defended will slip by because "he looks too handsome to be guilty." I did not make up that quote, either.
It's also a big reason why cops become so paranoid and jerky, because they can learn about a person that was involved in a homicide case. It was the nicest person you'd ever meet; friendly, giving, joking, and a loved member of the community. But you know what happened to this person? Murdered... a few people in the surrounding towns! Yeah. Cops meet people like that all the time, and start to think everyone's a criminal that just hasn't done anything yet.
People get on Naruto about this mindset as well. People let their personal feelings for characters sway opinion of them.
It happens ALL the time in criminal justice. People end up aiding and abedding criminals because these people aren't Saturday morning cartoon villains, they are friends, brothers, sons, boyfriends, etc. They are "normal" people. There are people that know them, like them, and care about them despite whatever it is that they have done.
When arrested, criminals get off the hook or a slap on the wrist during the trial process because of the personal feelings of those involved. Not all the time, bust most of the time juries have to reach an unanimous decision in order to find a defendant guilty of not guilty; if the event that a unanimous decision is not reached, it's called a hung jury and they start the trial over again with a new jury.
I am explaining this because jurors can have various reasons for not all agreeing on whether or not someone is guilty and it's not necessarily a decision based on the facts as if the trial were a math problem, the decision can be based on their feelings for the defendant. That's one of the reasons lawyers will play so heavily on the sympathy card, or other times the defended will slip by because "he looks too handsome to be guilty." I did not make up that quote, either.
It's also a big reason why cops become so paranoid and jerky, because they can learn about a person that was involved in a homicide case. It was the nicest person you'd ever meet; friendly, giving, joking, and a loved member of the community. But you know what happened to this person? Murdered... a few people in the surrounding towns! Yeah. Cops meet people like that all the time, and start to think everyone's a criminal that just hasn't done anything yet.
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