barrinmw t1_isbtsxi wrote on October 14, 2022 at 7:36 PM

Reply to comment by Tipop in Parkland prosecutors ask for an investigation after a juror says she was threatened by ‘a fellow juror’ during deliberations - CNN by SilentR0b

Of course not and that isn't a good argument.

If I say that we should never put anyone to death, you don't get to defeat that argument by saying it would be just as silly to say we should put everyone to death. Not everything can just have the roles reversed and be the same logically.

Tipop t1_isbu5ro wrote on October 14, 2022 at 7:38 PM

The argument you made wasn’t “we shouldn’t put people to death”. Your argument was that jurors should be allowed to dictate the sentence even if it’s not allowed by the law.

I’m against the death penalty, too, but your argument doesn’t hold water.

barrinmw t1_isbuiqi wrote on October 14, 2022 at 7:40 PM

My example was showing you can't just reverse the situation and take logical conclusions from it.

And no, I wasn't saying that jurors should be allowed to dictate the sentence even if it's not allowed by the law because literally no law only has the death penalty as the consequence of breaking it. A jury has to choose between applying the death penalty in cases that allow it or not. My point is that potential jurors who wouldn't approve of the death penalty should still be allowed to sit on trials where the death penalty is in play.