I am going to bump my own post from last night. As long as we are within TOS, everyone is free to express their own opinion. Including anger or frustration with the jury. We dont have to be impartial. We arent serving on this jury. We all watched the same trial. We all saw it through our own lens. I support those of you who feel that the jury did the right thing. I dont agree, but I support you. I would appreciate it if I were allowed to express my beliefs as well.[/QUOTE]
Hi Believe09,
I support your opinion also. I stayed off the boards until late last night because there was too much name calling, etc. (I am not saying it was you. I ducked out so I couldn't say who it was.)
Even those of us who feel the jury did the job they were required/expected to do, are still disappointed. I REALLY wish the Alexander family would have received the DP they were looking for. I believe DP an appropriate sentence for what JA did and how she did it. My heart dropped when I heard they were hung and I am sick to think the family may have to sit through more testimony, more graphic pictures, more of JA's lies. That verdict does not change my belief that the jury was intelligent, determined and took their responsibility seriously. It hurts that even with all that, they were a hung jury.
The part I bolded above is why you believe other's should allow you to have and express your own point of view. I TOTALLY AGREE!
Those are also the reasons why I feel we should respect the jury.
*they all saw the trial (but WAY LESS than we did)
*they all saw it through their own lens
*I feel we should support their decision, even when we don't agree with it.
I am not trying to make you agree with the jurors verdict or to agree with anything I post. I just really think that if we are asking for the above bolded respect from each other than we should be willing to extend that same courtesy to the jury after the time, effort and sacrifice they made when they agreed to be on this jury.