Monday, 23 October 2017

Our Shocking Acceptance of State Sanctioned Violence

The American Conservative:

“Do you mean to tell me, that if there was a law against state attorneys using blue pens and you found incontrovertible evidence that I was using blue pens, you could not follow the law and render a guilty verdict based on the evidence alone?” A few years ago, I found myself sitting in a jury booth as a prosecutor questioned me.


The air sucked out of the courtroom as its assembled human beings—including other prospective jurists, a judge, and a defendant—waited for my answer.

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