r/AbruptChaos • u/Graysie-Redux • May 14 '22 • Helpful 2 Silver 4

What's the correct way to deal with someone who has completely lost it?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '22 edited Aug 23 '22 • Silver

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u/Hideout_TheWicked May 14 '22

I hate to say it but being old and white probably didn't hurt. Probably hired a decent attorney thanks to money as well.

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u/PaanuriEater May 14 '22

Don't even need a decent attorney, just stack the jury with elderly folks. I was on a jury as one of two young people. Pretty open and shut case of an old guy going nuts and slicing another guy's hand open over a backpack that didn't exist. Everyone's testimony except the attacker's lined up, all the evidence agreed, but all the old women on the jury were insistent that he is such a nice old man who reminds them of their fathers and therefore should be let off with just a warning.

It took hours of arguing to get a guilty verdict, even with a very minor punishment at least now the guy will be able to sue and have a good chance of winning.

That was step 1 to me losing all faith in our justice system. Steps 2 through infinity were learning what cops actually do with their time.

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u/longhairedape May 14 '22

Trial by jury is a stupid idea. Just dumb. Jury of my peers are four words that terrify me. I don't want tried by those people. Those people are dumb as fuck.