[SJSAMPLE]

It’s all good until they start using the Koran.

Look out.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

Ignorance of the law is no defense. It is man’s very nature to know right and wrong...no person can use this defense.

[pleasenoobama]

amen, there is no morality without the Bible!

[Mr. Mojo]

The jurors consulted a passage that stated that a murderer who used an iron object to kill should be executed: “But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death” (Num. 35:16). The defendant Khristian Oliver was found guilty for shooting and bludgeoning his victim to death with the barrel of a gun.

An iron gun?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is one of the eccentricities of criminal law.

Had the jury used a Bible in determining guilt during the trial phase, it would not have been lawful, according to a lot of precedent, because Biblical text is not statutory law, but can be confused for statutory law. However, at the same time, jurors have great flexibility as to how they can personally decide guilt or innocence, even with the use of a coin flip.

That is, Bible no, coin flip yes, for guilt or innocence.

But this changes entirely with the sentencing phase. The jury is not acting based on “reasonable doubt”, but on their subjective opinion as to what is an appropriate punishment. And the Bible can be used in this case, along with anything else juries wish to use to discuss the severity of punishment. That can decide death instead of life based on the appearance of the guilty defendant, if they want to.

[Always Right]

As the government expands more and more, the places where one is free to have a Bible shrinks smaller and smaller.

[daku]

An iron gun?

shootin’ iron

[Non-Sequitur]

DA: So you weren’t taught the sixth commandment?

I didn't realize people went on trial for adultery these days.