PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Any prosecution has to be judged to be in the public interest as well as having a likelihood of succeeding, maybe that's why you don't see so many... (Speculating, I'm not sure, I don't even know how often such a clear lie would come up). Yes you may well be right: In a nutshell, it's maybe not worth the cost involved on the public purse. Which I suppose leads back to the original post. Was that prosecution worth it?........ Eeeeeeek....I'm going to hide under my desk now and wait for the flack to die down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Yes you may well be right: In a nutshell, it's maybe not worth the cost involved on the public purse. Which I suppose leads back to the original post. Was that prosecution worth it?........ Eeeeeeek....I'm going to hide under my desk now and wait for the flack to die down! Yes it was.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Yes you may well be right: In a nutshell, it's maybe not worth the cost involved on the public purse. Which I suppose leads back to the original post. Was that prosecution worth it?........ Eeeeeeek....I'm going to hide under my desk now and wait for the flack to die down! In the case of the juror, yes, definitely, it has to be made clear to her and future potential jurors what is acceptable and what isn't, she went well beyond acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 In the case of the juror, yes, definitely, it has to be made clear to her and future potential jurors what is acceptable and what isn't, she went well beyond acceptable. I agree, what she did was unacceptable. So it was a 'show trial'..a deterrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 In a nutshell, it's maybe not worth the cost involved on the public purse. Which I suppose leads back to the original post. Was that prosecution worth it? Yes. The alternative would see web/online research about a defendant by one or more jurors develop gradually, as a frowned-upon-yet-unopposed practice, with a corresponding gradual (further-) erosion of the righteousness of a trial-by-jury process. Getting increasingly important in these days of any-Internet-content-accessed-anywhere-at-BB-speeds, and everybody-&-their-dog having a FB account and an ever-increasing amount of easily found and followed 'digital tracks'. In a nutshell, that's what has been increasingly bugging judges up & down the country in recent times, and the motivation behind the (IMHO unjust because 'politically' motivated) harshness of the sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I agree, what she did was unacceptable. So it was a 'show trial'..a deterrent? pour encourager les autres? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Yes. The alternative would see web/online research about a defendant by one or more jurors develop gradually, as a frowned-upon-yet-unopposed practice, with a corresponding gradual (further-) erosion of the righteousness of a trial-by-jury process. Getting increasingly important in these days of any-Internet-content-accessed-anywhere-at-BB-speeds, and everybody-&-their-dog having a FB account and an ever-increasing amount of easily found and followed 'digital tracks'. In a nutshell, that's what has been increasingly bugging judges up & down the country in recent times, and the motivation behind the (IMHO unjust because 'politically' motivated) harshness of the sentence. Well presented! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 pour encourager les autres? Unfortunately my French translation eludes me at this time. it's been a long time since I dumped French lessons in school! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Unfortunately my French translation eludes me at this time. it's been a long time since I dumped French lessons in school! It;s a Voltaire quote...to encourage the others...ie it may make jurers take their duty a bit more seriously.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteMorris Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 pour encourager les autres? Got it now!.....Who knows if she was encouraging others?...her argument was that the information she looked up was in the public domain anyway. I'm not saying I agree with her notion, just that's what she said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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