I’m pretty sure most people are already aware that the smell of a decomposing body is horrible. To attempt to force their nose to it is unnecessary. The rest of the facts of the trial should be more than sufficient for the jurors to render a verdict.
And the lawyers wonder why people try to avoid jury duty.....
I’m thinking the state’s case is in trouble. Just a gut feeling I have.
Glad this isn’t a rape case.
You absolutely don’t need to smell it ahead of time.
I was out hiking one day, caught a whiff in the air and though to myself “What an awful sickening smell. It smells like death.” And a few seconds later I walked by the carcass of a decomposing deer.
It’s a smell like no other and something instinctual recognizes it immediately.
Members of the jury wouldn’t know if the bad smell in that can is the smell of decomposing human flesh or not. The prosecution should instead call in an expert to testify of what the odor is. The jury can judge whether they trust the expert’s testimony or not.