Would you be able to serve on a jury and sentence the defendant to the death penalty?

Answer 1

lol Stephanie you crack me up. I was readking all your previous questions and they were so sweet and fluffy about your birthday and sharing the cake, etc. and then... WHAM! a death penalty question. Way to go girl, you rock.
Ok, the jury decide only on guilt/innocence, not the sentence. However if I was to be in a jury and knowing that a guilty verdict would most probably bring the death penalty, I would have to live with this decision for the rest of my life. On the other hand, I can't let go a guilty party just because I can't handle the punishment and if he/she's truly guilty, then so be it. Just to show how imperfect our world is and that for one person to commit a serious/hainous crime always has more ramifications than just the perp and the victim. It's a whole society that's left to deal with the mess and agony.

Answer 2

I would not be allowed to serve on a jury like this.

You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid a terrible punishment to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime and to think about the risks of executing innocent people. Turns out that anyone who expresses concerns about these things can be excused from serving on such a jury. The prosecution will challenge them. The result is juries that tilt towards the prosecution.

Answer 3

My conscience would not allow me to sentence a person to death. As is, there are too many flaws in the U.S. Justice system, in my opinion, to justify the death penalty. As a juror, you never know what exculpatory evidence is not being allowed into testimony, and you never know what prejudices the judge, prosecuror, police, and grand jury may have had.

For the record (after reading other answers), a jury is often left to decide whether or not the person they've convicted should be sentenced to death. The judge can always overrule a jury that recommends the death penalty, but if the jury has decided against the death penalty, the judge can not overrule them and then sentence the convict to death.

Answer 4

The jury don't decide the death penalty, the judge does.
yes I could sit on a jury and if the evidence shows someone is guilty then I would put forward that verdict.

Answer 5

No. We do not have the death penalty in the UK because so many people are found to be innocent after the event!
I could not be responsible for taking another a life.

Answer 6

Yes. But doesn't the judge give out the death sentence?

Answer 7

I definitely could. But only if the person was a psychopathic killer like Ted Bundy. I wouldn't have any trouble sentencing Charles Manson, either. Or people like Robert Pickton and Clifford Olson.

These people will never be safe for society.

Answer 8

Hi
In a word No
Even if that Person had killed my own Mother
The taking of life can never be justified no matter what the circumstances There would have to be another way
If there wasn't then I would refuse to serve

May this help

Answer 9

No because I'm against the death penalty under all circumstances. I don't care what people say, I think it's wrong.

Answer 10

I'm from the United Kingdom,and unfortunately we don't have the death penalty.Our government is always going on about the over-crowding in prisons.I don't see why I should work hard to keep a roof over my head,be warm and fed,when my taxes go towards keeping murderers,drug dealers,child molesters,and rapists in luxury.So in answer to your question,I would have NO problem giving someone the death penalty.