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I like the idea. The one drawback that I can see is that such social isolation could actually cause mental illness, thus resulting in a whacked out jury.— | mrthingy,
Jun 25 2001, last modified Aug 09 2001 |
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You mean total isolation... as in no internet... no HB!... nobody deserves that!!! |
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Actualy I think that this is a good idea but why not save everyone the bother and just use people like me who's only news comes from the headlines on the NTL homepage... |
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I dunno about this. I mean, can muppet frogs really pass serious and considered judgement on important criminal issues? Am I misunderstanding something here? |
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So jurers have to come from Idaho now? |
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After considering this idea further, having communities of Media Hermits, would solve the social deprivation problem.
This will unfortunately leave an opportunity for Another reality TV show to go alongside; Big Brother, Castaways, shipwrecked, survivor......... |
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Perhaps two countries with similar language and customs could have an agreement not to report on media events in each other's countries?
Then if, say, you need a jury in the US you just call up
some British jurors and vice versa? |
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Of course, there'd be a lot more guilty verdicts, but hey, justice ain't free. |
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The problem is that laws would not be the same. For example if I was caught in posesion of a firearm I would get an american jury who would probably let me off... |
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I don't think differing laws would be a problem as long as the juries are well-instructed about what their task is. It's not really the jury's job to know the law. |
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Well, I suppose this makes more sense than my first impression, which was that they lived in discarded seashells. |
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Odd that no one mentioned the Amish. |
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