In all fairness, juries should only decide guilt or innocence, based on the facts of the case. Asking them to decide between life or death makes no sense, as it is a determination of law. This is why we have judges.
“Asking them to decide between life or death makes no sense, as it is a determination of law.”
The law is us, not anything or anyone else. We the People decide our fate by the jury system. It is our responsibility as citizens. Judges are people too, citizens too, why cower from our responsibilities and toss it to them.
Our system of government is to allow us to have the power of such decisions so that our fellow citizens in government do not commit acts of tyranny against us.
We have failed to teach civics in school, but our kids know how to put on condoms and sodomize each other.
...juries should only decide guilt or innocence, based on the facts of the case. Asking them to decide between life or death makes no sense, as it is a determination of law. This is why we have judges.
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The judge is just supposed to oversee the trial, to ensure everything is done according to the “laws”. Judges should NOT, IMO, be involved in determining guilt or sentences.
I’ve never understood why some States allow the judge to set the sentence, when it should be the jury’s decision.